Workers' Compensation News
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Cement Maker Fined $62,500 Following Investigation of Drowning Death | 08/21/2023 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a cement maker $62,500 for alleged violations uncovered during an investigation of the death of a 50-year-old worker who drowned in the Mississippi River in February. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Private Employer UR Bill | 08/18/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly Appropriations Committee passed a bill requiring in-state licensing for doctors performing utilization reviews for those injured working for private employers. ...Read More | |||
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Court Errs in Dismissing Employer's Appeal as Discovery Sanction Against Worker | 08/18/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that an employer’s appeal of an administrative determination that an injured worker was its employee should not have been dismissed as a discovery sanction against the worker. ...Read More | |||
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Court Summarily Dismisses Worker's Malicious Prosecution Claims Against BWC | 08/17/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Court of Claims summarily dismissed a plaintiff’s malicious prosecution claims against the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation related to its fraud investigation against him. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Lacks Jurisdiction Over Out-of-State Injury Case | 08/17/2023 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Commission lacked jurisdiction over an out-of-state worker’s out-of-state injury while working for a company based within the state. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Challenge to Award for Partial Amputation of Worker's Arm | 08/16/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker who lost part of her arm and received specific loss benefits was subject to the same benefit calculation as would a worker receiving total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Errs in Disregarding Treating Physicians, Denying Claim | 08/16/2023 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals overturned the denial of a worker’s claim for benefits, finding the Workers' Compensation Commission erroneously disregarded her treating physicians' medical opinions that her injury was work-related. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Worker Didn't Commit Fraud; Upholds Award of Benefits, Penalties to Widow | 08/15/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A divided Louisiana appellate court upheld a determination that a forklift operator’s failure to disclose his medical history to doctors did not preclude an award of benefits, penalties and attorney fees to his widow. ...Read More | |||
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Court Clarifies Standard of Proof to Rebut Firefighter Cancer Presumption | 08/15/2023 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In a case of first impression, the Oregon Court of Appeals clarified the burden of proof on an employer to rebut the presumption of industrial causation for firefighters who develop cancer. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Bills on Agenda for Appropriations Committee | 08/14/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Four workers’ compensation bills are on the agenda for consideration by the California Assembly Appropriations Committee when it meets Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
