Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds TTD for Worker With Prior History of Shoulder Complaints | 05/17/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 82 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 40 min read | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker for a shoulder injury from grabbing at a falling test tube. ...Read More | |||
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Court Won't Enforce Worker's Alleged Agreement to Settle With 3rd-Party Tortfeasor | 05/17/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 98 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 72 min read | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that a third-party tortfeasor was not entitled to enforcement of an injured worker’s alleged oral agreement to the settlement of her claim for damages, as a matter of law. ...Read More | |||
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Chipotle Cuts Deal in Lawsuit Alleging Retaliatory Firing Over Comp Claim | 05/16/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 958 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 104 min read | |||
| Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. reached a confidential settlement over punitive damages with a California woman who had already been awarded $7.9 million in a lawsuit alleging wrongful termination in retaliation for filing a workers’ compensation claim, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Claim Filed Under False Name for Faked Injury Brings 1-Year Jail Sentence | 05/16/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 654 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 18 min read | |||
| A California man who used fake identification to file a claim for an injury that he was also faking was sentenced Tuesday to a year in jail for felony workers’ compensation fraud, according to Intercare Holdings Insurance Services. ...Read More | |||
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Carriers Now Have Recourse on Second-Injury Fund Reimbursement Disputes | 05/16/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 220 | 1 | Popular with Legal | 24 min read | |||
| For the better part of a year now, insurance carriers have been left in limbo, with no way to resolve disputes over reimbursement from New York's second-injury fund. ...Read More | |||
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Commission to Start Using Skype for Appeal Deliberations | 05/16/2018 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 135 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 374 min read | |||
| The Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission will soon start saving up to 9,600 miles and 160 hours of travel time annually by holding appeal deliberations via the Skype video-conferencing service, the commission announced Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds TTD Award for Worker After Brief Period of Re-Employment | 05/15/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 91 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 31 min read | |||
| The District of Columbia Court of Appeals upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker who had been on light duty restrictions when he lost his job with his employer, then found a new job and requested TTD for the time after he was fired from the new job. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Revives Labor Law Claim Based on Alleged Skid Loader Defect | 05/15/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 111 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law claims based on his alleged injuries from a defective safety bar on a skid loader. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Labor Law Claim by Worker Who Slipped While Standing on Landscaping Rock | 05/15/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 117 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 28 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to a recovery under the Labor Law for his alleged fall while standing on a rock to access a sign that he admittedly could have reached while standing on the ground. ...Read More | |||
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Contractor, Staffing Firm Cited Following Trench Fatality | 05/15/2018 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 140 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 15 min read | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited contractor All Power Construction Corp. and staffing agency Labor Finders of Tennessee Inc. after a temporary employee installing sewer lines was killed in a trench collapse. ...Read More | |||
