Workers' Compensation News
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Cabinet Maker Fined $187,000 for Refusing to Abate Hazards | 09/16/2024 | |
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| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries fined a cabinet maker $187,000 after finding that the company did not fix safety violations that led to similar citations in 2019. ...Read More | |||
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CalChamber Urges Veto of Ag Worker Heat Injury Presumption | 09/13/2024 | |
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| The California Chamber of Commerce on Thursday issued a statement urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto a bill that would create a presumption of compensability for certain heat-related injuries suffered by agricultural workers. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Approval for Change in Doctors, Denies Forfeiture Claim | 09/13/2024 | |
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| A Louisiana appellate court overturned a judge’s decision approving a worker’s change of physician but upheld the denial of the employer’s request for a forfeiture of benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Finds Worker Has No Impairment Despite 43 Years of Coal Dust Exposure | 09/11/2024 | |
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| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker had a 0% impairment despite his many years of occupational exposure to coal dust. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding That Worker Suffered Compensable Aggravation Injuries | 09/11/2024 | |
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| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a finding that a worker sustained a compensable aggravation of his preexisting lumbar spine degenerative disease and lumbar radiculopathy. ...Read More | |||
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CCWC Opens Registration for 21st Annual Conference | 09/10/2024 | |
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| The California Coalition on Workers’ Compensation opened registration for its 21st annual Conference, Legislative and Educational Forum. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Property Owner Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 09/10/2024 | |
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| A New York appellate court ruled that a property owner should have been granted summary judgment dismissing an injured worker’s claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Closure of Worker's Claim, Denial of Additional Treatment | 09/10/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals upheld a decision closing a worker’s claim and denying her further treatment. Case: Creighto...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Jury Award to Flight Attendant for COVID-19 Infection | 09/09/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals overturned a jury verdict finding that a flight attendant was entitled to benefits for her COVID-19 infection, since the jury had been erroneously instructed on the traveling employee doctrine in the context of an occupational disease. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Has Duty to Cover Property Owner for Labor Law Claim | 09/09/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance company had a duty to provide coverage to a property owner defending against a Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
