Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Postal Worker's Convictions for Failing to Disclose Union Activities | 09/28/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld a postal worker’s criminal convictions based on his failure to report his paid and volunteer work with his labor union. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reissues Decision Denying Worker's Claim for Psych Injury, Rebuking Commissioner | 09/28/2021 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals withdrew and reissued a decision upholding the denial of a worker’s claim for aggravation of a preexisting psychological condition, though it reiterated its criticism of the commissioner for an “unduly harsh and unwarranted” critique of the wo...Read More | |||
| Court Denies Relief to Worker Who Missed Deadline to Challenge Decision | 09/24/2021 | ||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The act of hiring an attorney was sufficient evidence to find that the health of an injured worker did not preclude him from comprehending the importance of pending matters, an Ohio appellate court said in holding that a man who missed the deadline to challenge a determination of the extent of hi...Read More | |||
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CHSWC to Discuss Report on Mental Health for First Responders | 09/22/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Members of the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation are expected to discuss a report on mental health for first responders during a virtual meeting next week. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding That Worker Had 'Aggravation' of Prior Injury, Not 'Recurrence' | 09/22/2021 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals upheld a determination that a delivery truck driver suffered an aggravation, not a recurrence, of a prior back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Reinstates Claims by Worker Who Impaled Eye on Tree Guard | 09/22/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law and negligence claims based on his fall at a construction site that resulted in a tree guard stabbing him in the eye. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Approves 9.4% Loss Cost Reduction for 2022 | 09/22/2021 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Commissioner Glen Mulready Ok...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Summary Judgment Allowing Carrier to Have Claims Diverted to Trust Fund | 09/22/2021 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court vacated summary judgment that allowed an insurance carrier to divert a tort claim to a personal injury trust. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Injured Worker's Claims for Disability Discrimination, Retaliation | 09/21/2021 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court revived a Wal-Mart employee’s claims of disability discrimination and retaliation after she was fired for missing too much work while getting treatment for a compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Pays More Than Group Health for Similar Medical Services | 09/20/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers' compensation insurers pay more for medical services than group health pays to treat comparable injuries, according to a research report released Friday by the Nati...Read More | |||
