Workers' Compensation News
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Court Revives Paramedic's PTSD Claim | 11/08/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Florida appellate court overturned a denial of benefits for a paramedic suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, saying the trial judge erroneously concluded she was not exposed to a qualifying event on her last day of work and was not entitled to benefits pursuant to statutory changes en...Read More | |||
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Court Says Insurance Commissioner Had Jurisdiction to Declare Comp Policy Provisions Invalid | 11/07/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that the state insurance commissioner was not barred by the doctrine of exclusive concurrent jurisdiction from determining that certain agreements relating to workers’ compensation insurance policies issued by Travelers Indemnity Co. were unenforceable....Read More | |||
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CDC Releases New Opioid Prescribing Guidelines | 11/07/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Centers for Disease Control on Friday released its revised guidelines for opioid prescribing with new recommendations for providers that emphasize greater communication with patients and ...Read More | |||
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Court Orders Calculation of Fees for Expert Witness Whose Testimony Was Disregarded | 11/04/2022 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court directed the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board to calculate a reasonable award to reimburse an injured worker for the costs of deposing an expert witness as part of a successful defense of an effort to close her claim. ...Read More | |||
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CAN Sues Tomato Grower Over Post-Termination Claims | 11/03/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Agricultural Network is suing the former owner of a tomato farm for allegedly concealing pertinent facts about the business’s ownership structure and financial strength before it went out of business and laid off all employees in September 2021. ...Read More | |||
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Court Panel Splits 3 Ways on Employer's Obligation to Report Fatal Accident to BWC | 11/03/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court panel produced three opinions to uphold the denial of a claim for death benefits as untimely, with each judge advocating for a different analysis of whether an employer must file a report of injury when a worker suffers a near-instantaneous death from an accident. ...Read More | |||
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Contractor to Pay $9k in Restitution for Operating Without Comp Coverage | 11/02/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A contractor convicted on charges of failing to secure workers’ compensation coverage was ordered to pay $9,000 in restitution, the New York State Inspector General’s Office announced. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Categorization of Deputy Sheriff's PTSD as 'Class 2' Impairment | 11/02/2022 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a deputy sheriff’s post-traumatic stress disorder was properly classified as Class 2 impairment. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reverses Summary Judgment for Worker Who Fell Into Pit | 11/01/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim for his injuries from falling into an excavation pit. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Contractor on Privette Doctrine Defense | 10/27/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for a general contractor, finding it failed to establish that the Privette doctrine shielded it from civil liability to a subcontractor’s injured employee as a matter of law. ...Read More | |||
