Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Denial of Police Officer's Duty Disability Retirement Application | 08/10/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a police officer’s application for performance of duty and accidental disability retirement benefits based on his failure to provide timely notice of the incidents on which his alleged disabilities were based. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier's Failure to Produce Documentation Results in Liability for Claim | 08/09/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that an insurance carrier was liable for an injured construction worker’s benefits because it failed to produce the documentation related to a policy it had been directed to provide. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Prosecutor's Challenge to Reduction of Insurance Fraud Charges | 08/04/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court denied the prosecution’s challenge to the dismissal of a felony workers’ compensation insurance fraud charge and the reduction of the remaining felony charge to a misdemeanor. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Verdict Finding Worker Wrongfully Terminated for Pursuing Benefits | 08/04/2023 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court upheld a jury verdict in favor of an injured worker, finding she had been wrongfully terminated for pursuing benefits for her work-related injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Criminal Defendant Gets New Trial on Prosecution's Failure to Disclose Comp Claim | 08/03/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Superior Court of Pennsylvania ordered a new trial for a defendant accused of sexual misconduct due to the prosecution’s failure to disclose the alleged victim’s workers’ compensation claim for the same incident underlying the criminal charges. ...Read More | |||
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Court Orders WCAB to Cease 'Grant-for-Study' Procedure | 08/02/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 3 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California 2nd District Court of Appeal on Tuesday said the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board can’t grant petitions for reconsideration for the purposes of further study simply to satisfy a requirement to act within 60 days. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI: IMR Volume Up 4.1% in First Half of 2023 | 08/02/2023 | |
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| The volume of independent medical review decision letters increased 4.1% in the first half of 2023 compared to the same period of 2022, according to a new report by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Injured Miner's Request for Penalties | 08/01/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the denial of an injured miner’s request for penalties. Case: Egizio v. Consol ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Not Bound to Waiver of Lien Against Worker's Third-Party Recovery | 08/01/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker did not have a binding deal with his employer’s insurance carrier to waive its lien against his recovery from a third-party tortfeasor. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Board Gets Assessments From Trust Member, but No Collection Fee | 08/01/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the imposition of additional assessments on a member of a defunct group self-insurance trust but vacated the imposition of a collection fee on the amount owed to the Workers' Compensation Board. ...Read More | |||
