Workers' Compensation News
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Court Says Damages Award Inadequate | 11/12/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned an award of damages after a defendant’s default in a Labor Law case, finding the award inadequate. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Son of Sam Law Allows State to Take Murderer's Comp Settlement | 11/11/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appeals court said a law created nearly 50 years ago to ensure serial killer David Berkowitz couldn't profit from his murder spree supersedes work comp law and allows the state to take a murderer's work comp settlement to pay victim restitution. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Grant of Summary Judgment for Labor Law Defendant | 11/11/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should not have been granted summary judgment dismissing the claim against it. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request to Reopen Claim, Receive Additional Treatment | 11/11/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to reopen his claim or to receive additional benefits even though he received treatments and expanded the scope of his claim after he was assessed to be at maximum medical improvement. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns PTD Award for Pharmacy Worker's Injuries from Fall | 11/07/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned an award of permanent total disability benefits for an injured pharmacy technician. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Coal Miner's Claim for Injuries from Fall | 11/06/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a coal miner’s claim of injury from a fall. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Closure of Worker's Claim, Denial of Request to Add Conditions, for More Treatment | 11/05/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the closure of a worker’s claim, the denial of his requests for additional treatment and the denial of his request to expand the scope of his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Jury's TTD Award as Inconsistent With Finding of No Causal Causation | 11/05/2024 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Appellate Court of Maryland ruled that a jury’s award of temporary total disability benefits was inconsistent with its finding that a worker’s hip condition was not related to her prior work injury. ...Read More | |||
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Compound Ingredient Supplier to Pay $21.75M to Resolve Inflated AWP Allegations | 11/04/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a company that supplies ingredients for compound drugs agreed to pay $21.75 million to resolve allegations that it falsely inflated average wholesale prices. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding of Compensability for Worker's Back Injury | 11/04/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding of compensability for a worker’s back injury. ...Read More | |||
