Workers' Compensation News
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Labor Law Defendants on Indemnification Claims | 08/01/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that some defendants in a Labor Law action were not entitled to summary judgment on their indemnification claims against an injured plaintiff’s employer. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier's Failure to Issue Disclaimer of Liability to Additional Insureds Can't Avoid Coverage | 08/01/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier’s failure to issue notice of its disclaimer of liability to two additional insureds prevented it from relying on an exclusion to defeat demands for coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Retaliation Claim | 07/31/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s claim of retaliation for pursuing workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Division Seeks Comments on Independent Medical Exam Rules | 07/31/2024 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation is holding a meeting to discuss a preliminary draft of updated rules for the independent medical examination process. ...Read More | |||
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Contractor Has Immunity From Civil Liability to Injured Worker | 07/31/2024 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that a contractor who hired a crane company’s services was immune from civil liability for injuries suffered by an employee of the crane company. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Dispute Over Alleged Sexual Abuse Shouldn't Have Gone to WCB | 07/31/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a dispute between former newspaper delivery persons and the successor-in-interest to the newspaper for alleged sexual abuse should not have been referred to the Workers’ Compensation Board. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Termination of Benefits for Worker's Slip-and-Fall Accident | 07/30/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the termination of a worker’s benefits for her injuries from a slip-and-fall accident. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Constitutional Challenges to IRE Process | 07/29/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected a worker’s constitutional challenges to the state's new impairment rating evaluation process. ...Read More | |||
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Court of Existing Claims Announces Preliminary Review Docket | 07/29/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court of Existing Claims is implementing a preliminary review docket for active cases pending as of July 1. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Constitutional Challenges to Lack of Jury Trial, Cap on Benefits | 07/26/2024 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kansas Court of Appeals rejected a widower’s constitutional challenges to the lack of a jury trial in workers’ compensation matters and the statutory cap on the benefits payable for the death of his wife. ...Read More | |||
