Workers' Compensation News
| Cal/OSHA to Consider Latest CDC Mask Guidance | 05/24/2021 | ||
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| The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health is drafting revisions to its emergency temporary standards for COVID-19 workplace safety in light of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest guidance that permits vaccinated individuals to forgo masks indoors, accordi...Read More | |||
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Court Annuls Worker's Award of COLAs Due to Wrong Start Date | 05/24/2021 | |
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| A California appellate court overturned an award of cost of living adjustments on an injured worker's permanent total disability payments, finding a judge had ordered them to begin too soon. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Accepting Comments on Fee Schedule Through June 21 | 05/24/2021 | |
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| The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission is accepting public comments through June 21 on the draft 2022 Medical Fee Schedule. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Jury Verdict for Worker on Intentional Tort Claim | 05/24/2021 | |
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| An Ohio appellate court threw out a jury’s verdict in favor of a worker who suffered a degloving injury, finding his employer should have been granted summary judgment on the intentional tort claim. ...Read More | |||
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Chemical Exposure Suit Dismissed Despite Improper Service, Notice | 05/21/2021 | |
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| A California appellate court in an unpublished decision upheld the dismissal of an unrepresented truck driver’s civil suit over his alleged chemical exposure injuries even though he said he had not received proper notice and service of the ex parte applications for hearings on the defendant...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Tort Claims by Workers Injured in Boiler Explosion | 05/21/2021 | |
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| An Ohio appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of the civil claims filed by two workers injured in a boiler explosion, since they were unable to provide evidence suggesting that one of the defendants had installed the jumper wire that had caused the blast. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Benefits for Worker Injured in Break Room Mishap | 05/20/2021 | |
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| An Arizona appellate court upheld a denial of benefits to a worker who fell while opening a break room refrigerator. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Carrier's Claim for Premium Payment | 05/19/2021 | |
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| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of an insurance carrier’s claim for payment of additional premium from a self-employed roofer and also affirmed the dismissal of the roofer’s bad-faith claim against the carrier. ...Read More | |||
| Court Rebukes Claimants' Attorney Over Lack of Candor, Denies Motion for Final Judgment | 05/18/2021 | ||
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| The Montana Worker’s Compensation Court dealt a stern warning to a claimant’s attorney about maintaining candor after denying the claimant’s motion for a final judgment in his dispute over an insurance carrier’s lien. ...Read More | |||
| Carrier Can't Bifurcate Liability from Punitive Damages in Bad Faith Litigation | 05/17/2021 | ||
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| A Delaware Superior Court judge denied an insurance carrier’s request to bifurcate the issues of liability and compensatory damages from the issue of punitive damages in a worker’s bad faith claim. ...Read More | |||
