Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Award to Worker Despite His Failure to Provide Written Notice of Accident | 02/15/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits to an autobody technician for a back injury despite his failure to provide timely written notice of his accident. ...Read More | |||
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Contractor Fined $437,581 for Fatal Trench Collapse | 02/15/2023 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries fined AAA Contractors $437,581 for safety violations following its investigation of a fatal trench collapse. ...Read More | |||
| Carrier Didn't Breach Terms of Settlement by Challenging Worker's Claim of Additional Injuries | 02/14/2023 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld a finding that an insurance carrier did not breach the terms of its settlement with a worker by contesting his claim of later-developed, causally-related injuries. ...Read More | |||
| County Dismisses Fraud Charges Filed Against Actress | 02/13/2023 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Criminal prosecutors in Southern California dismissed fraud charges filed against an actress accused of receiving $90,000 in benefits while working on a television show. ...Read More | |||
| Court Says Employer Should Have Authorized Alternate Care for Injured Worker | 02/13/2023 | ||
| State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an employer should have authorized alternate care for an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Nurse's Discrimination, Retaliation Claims | 02/10/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld the denial of a nurse’s claims of disability discrimination and retaliation after she was terminated. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes 9/11 Worker Presumption Measure | 02/10/2023 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New Jersey Senate committee on Thursday passed a bill that would create a presumption that any injury, illness or death is compensable for public safety workers who participated in the response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, under certain conditions. ...Read More | |||
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Court Clarifies How Injury Produces Objective Symptoms | 02/09/2023 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In a case of first impression, a Missouri appellate court clarified the phrase "producing at the time objective symptoms of an injury” and upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits to a nurse. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Can't Directly Appeal From Denial of Petition for Intervention | 02/08/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Pennsylvania Superior Court, sitting en banc, ruled that an insurance carrier could not take an immediate appeal of a trial judge’s denial of its petition to intervene in a tort suit to recover its workers’ compensation lien when a complaint had yet to be filed. ...Read More | |||
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Conversion Factors Up 4.256% in 2023 Fee Schedule | 02/08/2023 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section posted a copy of its 2023 Medical Fee Schedule, which includes a 4.256% increase in conversion factors. ...Read More | |||
