Workers' Compensation News
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Carrier Doesn't Have to Treat Worker as Having 'Combined Condition' | 05/31/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that an insurance carrier did not have to treat a worker as having a combined condition when none of her impairment was related to her compensable injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Worker Injured in Fall | 05/31/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for an injury from falling as she turned to speak to a colleague. ...Read More | |||
| Court Reinstates Jury Verdict for Worker on Discrimination Claims | 05/30/2024 | ||
| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals reinstated a jury’s verdicts in favor of an injured worker on his disability discrimination claim. ...Read More | |||
| Court Upholds Worker's Entitlement to Further Medical Care | 05/30/2024 | ||
| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Arizona appellate court upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to additional treatment as he had not reached a medically stationary state. ...Read More | |||
| Court Upholds Award of PTD Benefits for Former Walmart Worker | 05/29/2024 | ||
| State: UT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Utah Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a former Walmart’s worker’s claim for permanent total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
| Court Upholds Finding on Compensability for Knee Injury, Overturns PTD Award | 05/29/2024 | ||
| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Court of Appeals upheld a finding of compensability for a worker’s knee injury, but overturned the award of permanent total disability benefits as unsupported by adequate factual findings. ...Read More | |||
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Court Orders DLI to Decide Reasonableness of Worker's Refusal to Attend Appointment | 05/28/2024 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that the Department of Labor & Industry needed to make a finding as to the reasonableness of a worker’s refusal to attend a therapy appointment before the agency could allow a carrier to suspend benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Revives Worker's Labor Law Claim, Grants Leave to Amend | 05/28/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law claim and ruled that he should have been granted leave to amend it. C...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Claim for Car Door Injury | 05/28/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims against property owners for an alleged injury from closing the door of a vehicle on her finger. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Employer's Motion for Costs as Partially Prevailing Party | 05/24/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court overturned a judge’s decision denying an employer’s motion for costs as a prevailing party on a worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
