Workers' Compensation News
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Comp Settlement Doesn't Preclude Civil Suit Against Third Parties | 07/09/2024 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s settlement of his compensation claim against his employer did not preclude him from pursuing a civil suit against alleged third-party tortfeasors responsible for the accident underlying his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of EMT's Hearing Loss Claim | 07/09/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of an emergency medical technician’s hearing loss claim. Case: Matter of DeWolf...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Black Lung Award, Clarifies Burden of Proof for Legal Pneumoconiosis Claims | 07/08/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided federal appellate court overturned an award of black lung benefits to a coal miner based on an administrative law judge’s misapplication of the burden of proof for a legal pneumoconiosis claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Widow's Claim Against Parent of Late-Husband's Employer | 07/08/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a widow’s wrongful death claim against the parent company of her late-husband’s employer. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Loses Contest to Liability for Injuries | 07/05/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court rejected an insurance carrier’s challenge to its liability for injuries two workers suffered while being transported in a van to a jobsite. ...Read More | |||
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Court Clarifies Extent to Which Partial Amputation Results in Total Loss | 07/05/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that if a worker’s injury results in the severance of some part of the proximal phalanx, the injury must be treated as a loss of the whole finger. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Reinstates Labor Law Action by Worker for Trip-and-Fall | 07/03/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law claims for his injuries from an alleged fall when he tripped on a rock covered by plastic sheeting. ...Read More | |||
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Cop Suspected of Comp Fraud Loses Challenge to Dismissal of FEHA Claim | 07/02/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of an injured police officer’s disability discrimination claim after he was fired because the city believed he had engaged in workers’ compensation fraud. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Negligence Claims, Grants Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claims | 07/02/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court reinstated a worker’s negligence claims and granted him summary judgment on his Labor Law claims for a ladder accident. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI: Payments for Med-Legal Services Exceeded Anticipated Increase Under New Fee Schedule | 07/01/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 3 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Payments for medical-legal services increased more than the 25% anticipated by the Division of Workers’ Compensation under the Medical Legal Fee Schedule that took effect in 2021, according to a report by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. ...Read More | |||
