Workers' Compensation News
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Concrete Truck Driver Gets Benefits for Occupational Disease Caused by Repetitive Trauma | 11/10/2023 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld an award to a concrete truck driver for an occupational disease caused by his repeated exposure to the vibrations of his vehicle. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Announces CIGA Board Appointments | 11/08/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced three appointments to the California Insurance Guarantee Association board of governors. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Finding of Causal Connection Between Worker's Torn Rotator Cuff, Accident | 11/08/2023 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals overturned a finding that a worker’s torn rotator cuff was causally related to a prior workplace fall, resulting in a shoulder injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Properly Denies Worker's Request to Amend Labor Law Claim | 11/07/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a denial of a worker’s request to amend his Labor Law claim. Case: Jones v. New York State Th...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Worker's Claim Against Second Injury Fund | 11/06/2023 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals overturned the rejection of a worker’s claim against the state Second Injury Fund after she suffered complications from surgery to treat a compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Laude Winners to Be Announced Nov. 14 | 11/06/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| WorkCompCentral will announce 2023 Comp Laude winners during a virtual awards ceremony Nov. 14. Comp Laude celebrates the cooperation of all ...Read More | |||
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Circuit Court Judge OKs $40M Civil Suit in School Shooting | 11/06/2023 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A circuit court judge in Virginia on Friday said workers’ compensation exclusivity does not preclude a teacher from pursuing a $40 million civil suit for injuries she sustained in a school shooting, according to media reports. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Can't Intervene in Worker's Action Against Insured | 11/03/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier was not entitled to an order allowing it to intervene in an injured worker’s lawsuit to assert a workers’ compensation exclusivity defense. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Denial of Civil Suit for Worker's Pain, Suffering, Wrongful Death | 11/01/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal against an employer for a worker’s conscious pain, suffering and wrongful death. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Benefits for Worker's Parking Area Accident | 10/27/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a denial of benefits to a worker for an after-hours accident that happened while he was accessing the gated area where he had been told to park his car. ...Read More | |||
