Workers' Compensation News
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Commission Has Jurisdiction Over Fee Dispute Among Attorneys | 05/19/2025 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a determination that the Workers’ Compensation Commission had jurisdiction over a fee dispute among the former attorneys for an injured worker and successor counsel. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award of Wage-Loss Disability Benefits | 05/19/2025 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to 50% wage-loss disability benefits. Case: Arkansa...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes State Hospital Heart Trouble Presumption Bill, Sends Others to Suspense File | 05/16/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Assembly Appropriations Committee passed a bill that would presume heart trouble is compensable for workers at California state hospitals and is projected to have minor and absorbable costs. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Not Entitled to Renew Prior Motion for Summary Judgment | 05/15/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier’s motion to renew its prior motion for summary judgment was properly denied. ...Read More | |||
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CDI Sets June 10 Hearing on Rate Filing | 05/14/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Insurance is holding a public hearing on June 10 on a recommendation to increase the advisory pure premium rate for policies incepting on or after Sept. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Injured Worker's Claims for Premises Liability, Negligence | 05/14/2025 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Court of Appeals revived the claims of an injured worker and his employer’s insurance carrier against a property owner for premises liability and negligence. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Worker's Claims of Employer Discrimination, Retaliation | 05/14/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals reinstated a worker’s claims of discrimination and retaliation against her employer. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding of No Permanent Disability From Worker's Knee Sprain | 05/13/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker had no permanent disability from a knee sprain. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Charges Against Restaurant Manager Dismissed for Insufficient Evidence | 05/13/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Prosecutors dismissed workers’ compensation fraud charges filed against the manager of a Texas barbecue restaurant for insufficient evidence, the Austin American-Statesman reported. ...Read More | |||
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Court Orders WCA to Reinstate Judge Fired for Inaccurate Time Sheet | 05/12/2025 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal court ordered the New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration to reinstate a judge it fired in November for erroneously indicating on a time sheet that she used two hours of administrative leave to vote. ...Read More | |||
