Workers' Compensation News
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Carrier Can Subrogate Against Employee's Recovery of UIM Benefits | 09/06/2023 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Supreme Court ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Act expressly allows employers and workers’ compensation carriers to assert subrogation liens against benefits paid to employees under uninsured motorist policies. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Bus Driver's Claim of Occupational Disease From Overuse Injury | 09/06/2023 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court denied a bus driver’s occupational disease claim based on the alleged overuse of her left wrist. ...Read More | |||
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CHSWC Meeting Sept. 15 | 09/05/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation will hear a presentation from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute during its next meeting. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Coverage for Worker's Past, Future Medication Expenses | 09/05/2023 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Utah Court of Appeals upheld an administrative decision concerning the compensability of a worker’s past and future expenses for medications. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Carrier's Attempt to Appeal Finding of Duty to Defend | 09/05/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court threw out an insurance carrier’s attempt to challenge a judge’s determination that the company had a duty to provide a defense for an employer against a suit from a former employee. ...Read More | |||
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Court Grants Summary Judgment to Worker Injured in Trench Collapse | 09/01/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker injured in a trench collapse should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Contract Cleaning Professional Loses Challenges to Denial of Claim | 08/31/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s challenges to the denial of her claim for injuries she sustained while working as a contract cleaning professional. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Division Schedules Hearing on WBF Assessment | 08/30/2023 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division is holding a hearing Sept. 21 to discuss the assessment that will be charged to employers and workers for the Workers’ Benefit Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reverses Summary Judgment in Labor Law Claim | 08/30/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned summary judgment for the defendants in a worker's Labor Law claim for a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Bills on Agenda for Appropriations Hearing | 08/28/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would exclude time spent resolving medical treatment disputes from the cap on temporary disability duration is among a handful of work comp bills on the agenda when the California Senate Appropriations Committee meets Friday. ...Read More | |||
