Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Court Finds State Not Liable for Surgical Implant Reimbursements | 12/01/2022 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court issued dual decisions finding a self-proclaimed health care provider could not assert valid claims for reimbursement for spinal implants it provided to doctors for use on injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Exceeds Authority by Imposing Conditions on Worker's Future Medical Treatment | 11/30/2022 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Commission exceeded its authority in setting conditions for the provision of future medical treatment for an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Awards Against Employer, 2nd Injury Fund for Successive Disabilities | 11/30/2022 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the division of liability between an employer and the state Second Injury Fund for a worker’s successive disabilities. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier's Delay in Challenging Coverage for Accident Results in Forfeiture of Argument | 11/28/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier that waited until after a worker’s claim was established to dispute coverage was barred from maintaining its position that its policy did not cover the site of the injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses $1.4M Verdict, Finding Judge Erred in Classifying Worker as Seaman | 11/28/2022 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court overturned a $1.4 million award to an injured shipyard worker, finding he was not a seaman covered by the Jones Act. ...Read More | |||
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Contractor Accused of Taking $127K in Benefits While Running Company | 11/28/2022 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that a contractor in Clark County was charged with stealing $127,000 in workers’ compensation benefits for allegedly working at his own construction business while claiming he was too injured to work. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Welder's Claim Against Property Owner for Slip-and-Fall Accident | 11/23/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a welder’s Labor Law claim against a property owner for her injuries from falling while moving a scaffold. ...Read More | |||
