Workers' Compensation News
Court Overturns Denial of Benefits for Worker's Parking Area Accident | 10/27/2023 | ||
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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 | |||
Court Dismisses Allegations of Rx Kickback Scheme | 10/27/2023 | ||
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A federal court in Florida granted a U.S. Attorney’s Office request to dismiss charges filed in 2022 accusing two pharmacy executives of conspiring to solicit kickbacks as part of an in-office drug dispensing program. ...Read More | |||
Contractor Cited for Repeatedly Violating Fall Protection Requirement | 10/26/2023 | ||
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The Oregon Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined a Forest Grove contractor $39,000 for repeatedly violating a requirement to provide systems to protect workers from fall hazards. ...Read More | |||
Court Upholds Limited Description of Worker's Injuries, Finding of Full Recovery | 10/25/2023 | ||
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a limited description of a worker's injuries and a finding that she had fully recovered from them. ...Read More | |||
Court Revives Worker's Suit for Asbestos Exposure | 10/24/2023 | ||
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A Missouri appellate court revived a worker’s civil suit for her asbestos-related illnesses against her former employer’s successor, finding summary judgment had been issued in error. ...Read More | |||
Court Publishes Decision Applying Privette Doctrine to Injured Worker, Denies Rehearing | 10/23/2023 | ||
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A California appellate court has denied an injured worker’s request for rehearing on his effort to pursue a tort suit against his employer’s customer, and published its decision ruling that the Privette doctrine barred the worker’s attempt to obtain civil redress. ...Read More | |||
CMS Adopts Reporting Penalty Rule with Maximum Fine of $365,000 per Claim | 10/23/2023 | ||
Source: Steve Nichols (News Contributor) | |||
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently adopted new rules authorizing penalties of up to $1,000 per day, per claim, capped at $365,000 per year, for failure comply with mandatory reporting requirements. ...Read More | |||
Court Upholds Temporary Total Disability Award to Worker with History of Multiple Hernias | 10/23/2023 | ||
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A New York appellate court upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker with a history of multiple work-related hernias. ...Read More | |||
Commission Properly Revisits Firefighter's Cancer Claim, Awards Benefits | 10/20/2023 | ||
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An Ohio appellate court upheld the Industrial Commission’s jurisdiction to revisit the denial of a cancer-stricken firefighter’s claim and its decision to award him benefits. ...Read More | |||
College Professor Fails to Establish Claim of Injury | 10/20/2023 | ||
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A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a college biology professor failed to prove his claim of injury. Case: Singleton v. Dillard...Read More | |||