Workers' Compensation News
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Court Overturns Transfer of Venue for Comp Dispute | 04/16/2025 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals overturned a trial court’s grant of a worker’s motion to transfer venue, finding the trial court had not provided the alleged employer a reasonable opportunity to respond in opposition to the motion. ...Read More | |||
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Contracted Work Length Makes Comp Exclusive Remedy for Injured Skylight Installer | 04/15/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation is the exclusive remedy for a man who was contracted to spend more than 52 hours on a residential skylight installation project but was injured before hitting the 52-hour mark, a California appellate court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award to Worker for Aggravation of Preexisting Knee Condition | 04/15/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award of benefits to a worker for the aggravation of his preexisting knee condition. Case:...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Worker's Frivolous Appeal of Claim Denial | 04/14/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s untimely claim for benefits and dismissed his appeal as frivolous. Case:...Read More | |||
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Court Calls on General Assembly to Remedy Payment Structure | 04/14/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania asked lawmakers to address how medical providers are reimbursed after finding it was required to leave a doctor “essentially uncompensated” for his services. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Environmental Inspector's Labor Law Claims | 04/14/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of an environmental inspector’s Labor Law claims. Case: Cunningham...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Lawsuit Over Worker's Death | 04/11/2025 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld the summary dismissal of an administratrix’s civil suit against a worker’s colleagues and his employer for failing to timely render aid to him after he collapsed. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Judge Didn't Abuse Discretion in Declining to Set Aside Notice of Compensation Payable | 04/11/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a workers’ compensation judge did not abuse her discretion in declining to set aside an employer’s notice of compensation payable for a firefighter’s cancer, even though she found the notice had been issued by mistake. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Bills to Increase PPD, Create Hospital Worker Presumption | 04/10/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California Senate committee on Wednesday passed bills that would require annual cost-of-living adjustments in permanent partial disability benefits and create a presumption that certain types of injuries and diseases are compensable for hospital workers. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Billing Statute, Finds Carrier Not Liable for Bills | 04/10/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals rejected a constitutional challenge to a statute governing billing for medical treatment and found that a carrier was not liable for payment of a provider’s bills that had not been properly submitted. ...Read More | |||
