Workers' Compensation News
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Court Sends Case Back to Board to Again Consider Merits of Claim | 04/09/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court sent a case back to the Workers’ Compensation Board for the second time, directing it to address the merits of the case as it had been instructed to do on the previous remittal. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Award of Fees to Former Counsel for Injured Worker | 04/08/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court overturned an award of attorney fees to the firm that had previously represented an injured worker, finding it failed to provide evidence supporting the Industrial Commission’s calculation of reasonable compensation for its services. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Judgment for Worker Who Fell From Ladder | 04/08/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to a worker for his Labor Law claim based on his fall from an unsecured ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Suspect's Motion to Suppress Evidence Should Have Been Granted | 04/05/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that a criminal defendant’s motion to suppress evidence should have been granted because officers lacked probable cause to seize a backpack full of cash as evidence of a suspected fraud scheme. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim for COVID-19 Infection, Revives Claim for Mental Injury | 04/05/2024 | |
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| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a train operator’s claim for her alleged contraction of COVID-19 but overturned the denial of her claim for psychological injury arising from the prevalence of COVID in her workplace. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Teacher's Claim of Psychiatric Injury From COVID-19 Exposure | 04/04/2024 | |
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| A New York appellate court overturned the denial of a school teacher’s claim for benefits for a psychiatric injury from her exposure to COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Claim by Worker Allegedly Struck by Excavator | 04/04/2024 | |
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| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment dismissing a Labor Law claim by a worker allegedly struck by an excavator. Ca...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Commission's Jurisdiction to Vacate TTD Award | 04/04/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the Industrial Commission’s exercise of continuing jurisdiction over a worker’s claim to vacate an award of benefits during the period he was not disabled but was not working. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award of Benefits to Cancer-Stricken Firefighter's Widow | 04/03/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld an award of death benefits to a cancer-stricken firefighter’s widow. Charlie Jaimes worked as...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Bus Driver's Claim for Psychological Injuries From Pandemic | 04/03/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a former bus driver’s claim for benefits for his alleged psychological injuries from the COVID-19 pandemic. ...Read More | |||
