Workers' Compensation News
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Court Reverses Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 12/02/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should not have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim based on a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Cuomo Turns His Back on Workers' Comp Massage Therapist Bill | 12/01/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed a bill that would have expanded the use of massage therapy for injured workers, halting what some said was a welcome trend toward more types of providers in the workers' compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award for Worker's Death From Mower Accident | 12/01/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld an award of death benefits for a worker who was fatally injured while using a riding mower but overturned the award of attorney fees as unsupported by the record. ...Read More | |||
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Court Distinguishes Carrier's 'Last' Payment From 'Final' Payment of Benefits | 12/01/2020 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to further medical benefits more than two years after the last payment of compensation, even though the insurance carrier never provided notice that its last payment was “final.” ...Read More | |||
| Court Upholds Dismissal of Worker's Toxic Exposure Claim | 11/30/2020 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claim his on-the-job chemical exposure had led to the development of cancers. ...Read More | |||
| Court Upholds Use of Standard Calculation of Benefits for Worker with Irregular Schedule | 11/25/2020 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the calculation of a worker’s benefits using the standard formula for a worker who worked five-days a week during substantially the whole of the year immediately preceding his injury, even though the worker had worked approximately half the time on a four-d...Read More | |||
| Court Upholds PPD Award to Long-Time Coal Miner for Lung Conditions | 11/25/2020 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld an award of permanent partial disability benefits to a long-time coal miner for his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchitis. ...Read More | |||
| Couple in Premium Fraud Scheme Ordered to Pay Carrier $309,000 | 11/25/2020 | ||
| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A husband and wife convicted of theft for misclassifying workers at their Minnesota drywall company to reduce their workers’ compensation liability were ordered to pay $309,000 in restitution to Federated Insurance. ...Read More | |||
| Casino Employee Failed to Prove Workplace Fall Resulted in Herniated Disk | 11/25/2020 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a worker who suffered a compensable knee injury from an on-the-job fall did not prove her entitlement to benefits for a disk herniation. ...Read More | |||
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CHSWC Holding Virtual Meeting Dec. 3 | 11/24/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation is holding a virtual meeting Dec. 3. Commissioners will hear an update on a ...Read More | |||
