Workers' Compensation News
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Court Reopens Worker's Claim, Orders Development of Additional Evidence | 09/24/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned the closure of a worker’s claim and ordered that additional evidence be developed as to his preexisting conditions and whether they contributed to his overall impairment. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Worker Should Have Been Allowed to File Late Claim | 09/24/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted leave to belatedly file a claim for injuries allegedly received while working on a school construction project. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Worker's Request to Expand Claim | 09/23/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand his claim to include additional conditions. ...Read More | |||
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Court: WCJ Needs to Revisit Contingency Fee Agreement | 09/20/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ordered a workers’ compensation judge to reconsider an agreement providing for a 20% contingency fee from a worker’s medical and indemnity benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Employer's Challenge to Black Lung Award | 09/20/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals denied an employer’s challenge to an award of black lung benefits to a longtime coal mine employee. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds 1% PPD Award for Worker With Knee Injury | 09/19/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 1% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s knee injury. Case:...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Employer's Entitlement to Terminate Worker's Benefits | 09/19/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an employer’s entitlement to terminate its payment of benefits to an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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CHSWC Meets Sept. 27 | 09/18/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s labor-management advisory panel is scheduled to meet Sept. 27 in Oakland. Members of the Commission on Health and Safety...Read More | |||
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Carrier Can't Void Employer's Policy or Proceed With Breach-of-Contract Claim | 09/18/2024 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier could not void a policy based on an employer’s misrepresentation, nor could it maintain a breach-of-contract claim against a marketing agent for failing to inform it of the misinformation. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Award for Second of Identical Injuries | 09/18/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals overturned an award of benefits to a worker who suffered identical foot injuries 11 years apart. Case: ...Read More | |||
