Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Award to Worker Injured in Assault by Colleague
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08/14/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: KS | Segment: CENTRAL | 97 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 18 min read
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The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that a heavy equipment operator was entitled to benefits for his injuries from an assault by a coworker.
Case: Billington v. Midwest Minerals, No. 118,503, 08/10/2018, unpublished.
Facts and Procedural History: Matthew Billington worked as a heavy...Read More
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Court Finds Injured Worker Suffered No Adverse Employment Action
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08/14/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: MI | Segment: CENTRAL | 56 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 20 min read
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A federal appellate court ruled that an injured worker failed to establish he was subjected to an adverse employment action on the basis of a disability since the record evidence did not support his claim that he was fired when he requested medical leave.
Case: Brown v. Square Deal Buildi...Read More
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Court Reinstates PTD Award for Emergency Medical Technician
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08/14/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: KY | Segment: EAST | 50 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 4 min read
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The Kentucky Court of Appeals reinstated an award of permanent total disability benefits to an injured emergency medical technician for a cervical condition despite the parties' stipulation to a pre-existing shoulder injury.
Case: Mullins v. Rural Metro Corp., Nos. 2016-CA-001152...Read More
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CGL Carrier Can't Intervene in Paraplegic Worker's Tort Suit
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08/14/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 84 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 7 min read
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Florida’s 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled that a trial judge properly barred a general liability insurance carrier from intervening in a tort suit against its policyholder by a worker who was paralyzed after a fall from the roof of a commercial building.
Case: Houston Specia...Read More
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Commission Can't Retroactively Increase Worker's Award
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08/13/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 80 | 0 | Popular with Employer | 2 min read
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The Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled that the state Workers' Compensation Commission could not retroactively modify a worker’s award due to his status as a public safety officer when the original award had failed to take his position into account.
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Continuation of Positive Trends Drives Recommended 2019 Rate Cut
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08/10/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 352 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 62 min read
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Positive trends including downward loss development, accelerating claim settlement rates, and a drop in both pharmaceutical costs and new lien filings are continuing to drive down rates in California.
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Court Grants Partial Summary Judgment to Worker Who Fell From Truck
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08/10/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 77 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 10 min read
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A New York appellate court ruled that a construction worker should have been granted summary judgment on parts of his Labor Law claim based on his fall from a truck while moving away from a suspended load of steel beams that was swinging in his direction.
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