Workers' Compensation News
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Court: Law Prof Who Accepted Benefits Can't Claim Injury Not Related to Work in Tort Claim | 12/09/2022 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal district court in the nation’s capital said a law school professor who claimed in an application for benefits that she was injured in the course of employment can’t now claim that she wasn’t injured in the course of employment to avoid the exclusive remedy of workers&r...Read More | |||
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CWCI: Claim Volume for Public Self-Insureds Up 35% | 12/08/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute reported that data from the state Office of Self-Insurance Plans shows that reported claim volume for public self-insured employers increased 35% in the most recent fiscal year despite a less than 1% increase in the workforce. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Determine Worker's Status as Employee or Contractor | 12/08/2022 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court dismissed an alleged employer’s appeal of a determination that a worker was an employee and not an independent contractor. ...Read More | |||
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CHSWC Meets Dec. 16 | 12/07/2022 | |
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| Members of California’s labor-management advisory panel could approve the posting of a draft of its 2022 annual report for feedback and public comment when it meets Dec. 16. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Untimely Malpractice Claim | 12/07/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a malpractice case against a law firm for its alleged mishandling of a settlement that required the consent of a workers’ compensation insurance carrier, finding the claim was time-barred. ...Read More | |||
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Cop Entitled to Benefits for PTSD Under Law Effective After Injury-Causing Event | 12/05/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court said a police officer who filed a claim for post-traumatic stress disorder after responding to a school shooting that left 17 people dead was eligible for indemnity benefits because while the incident happened before a change in state law, his disability didn’t beg...Read More | |||
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Court Says Physicians With Different Certifications Can Be in Same 'Specialty' | 12/05/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that a judge of compensation claims found that an employer did not authorize an appropriate one-time change physician for a worker’s finger injury based solely on the fact that the doctors had different board certifications. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Judge's Wrongful Termination Claim Transferred to Appellate Division | 12/02/2022 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New Jersey’s Appellate Court division is the proper venue for a former workers’ compensation judge to bring allegations that she was fired in retaliation for reporting concerns about unethical conduct among colleagues and co-workers, a trial judge ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Court Explains Calculation of Average Weekly Wage With 40-Hour Maximum | 12/02/2022 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Workers' Compensation Court clarified the proper calculation of an injured worker’s "average weekly wage received at the time of the injury, subject to a maximum of 40 hours a week." ...Read More | |||
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Contractor Faces More Than $414,000 in Fines for Fall Protection Violations | 12/02/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Proposing $363,890 in new penalties for a Middlefield contractor, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has placed C.R.H. Roofing LLC into its Severe Violator Enforcement Program after more than three years of failed inspections and unpaid fines, the agency announced Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
