Workers' Compensation News
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Court Partially Overturns Summary Judgment on Worker's Labor Law Claim | 02/14/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a partial grant of summary judgment to a worker on his Labor Law claim and granted partial summary judgment to the defendant. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Authorization for Worker's Knee Surgery | 02/13/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a denial of authorization for knee surgery for a worker who was injured in a workplace fall. ...Read More | |||
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Chiropractors Dominate Impairment Rating Assignments | 02/12/2025 | |
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| A new report by the Nevada Workers' Compensation Section shows that chiropractors performed about 80% of the evaluations to determine the extent of injured workers' disabilities in 2024. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds TTD Award for Worker's Wrist Injury | 02/12/2025 | |
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| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker for his wrist injury. Ca...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Determination of Worker's SLU for Shoulder | 02/12/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned the Workers’ Compensation Board’s finding as to a worker’s schedule loss of use from a shoulder injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Accepts Worker's Claim as Timely Because Employer Caused Filing Delay | 02/11/2025 | |
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| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker’s claim was timely because her delay in filing was caused by the actions of her employer. ...Read More | |||
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Cannabis Not Recommended Under Proposed Guidelines | 02/10/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Cannabis would not be recommended for pain management under treatment guidelines that the California Division of Workers' Compensation proposed incorporating into the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule on Friday. ...Read More | |||
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Court Grants Summary Judgment for Worker on Labor Law Claim | 02/10/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim against the property owner and general contractors of a project. ...Read More | |||
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Coal Mine Employee's 10% PPD Award for Occupational Pneumoconiosis Upheld | 02/07/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a coal mine employee was only entitled to a 10% permanent partial disability award for his occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Revives Worker's Labor Law Claims, Grants Summary Judgment | 02/07/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court partially overturned the dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims, and granted him summary judgment as to liability on his Section 240(1) claim. ...Read More | |||
