Workers' Compensation News
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Court Overturns $8.7 Million Jury Verdict Against Vessel Owner | 08/13/2024 | |
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| The Appellate Court of Maryland overturned an $8.7 million jury verdict in favor of an injured worker against the owner of a vessel that also happened to be his employer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Injured Worker Can Get Additional Physical Therapy | 08/13/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an injured worker was entitled to additional physical therapy for her leg injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Repetitive Constitutional Challenges to IRE Process | 08/12/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected yet another constitutional challenge to the state's new impairment rating evaluation procedure. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Civil Suit Over Worker's Fatal Heart Attack | 08/09/2024 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals overturned a grant of summary judgment dismissing a lawsuit against an employer and its in-house nurses, alleging that they failed to provide adequate treatment to a worker with symptoms of a heart attack before she died. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding That Truck Driver Was Ag Worker Not Covered by Comp | 08/08/2024 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court said the Industrial Accident Board did not err when it held that a truck driver was a farmworker and therefore not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for injuries he sustained in an occupational motor vehicle accident. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Untimely Appeal From Dismissal of Negligence Claim Against Doctor | 08/08/2024 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Tennessee Court of Appeals said a series of post-order motions filed by a self-represented injured worker didn’t extend the statute of limitations, so the appeal of the order dismissing his negligence claims against a doctor was untimely. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Violation of Safety Rules Alone Doesn't Constitute Intentional Harm | 08/07/2024 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Appellate Division of New Jersey’s Superior Court affirmed a trial court’s decision granting summary judgment that dismisses an intentional harm case, saying the injured worker failed to clear the high bar necessary to escape work comp exclusivity. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives PTD Application for Mine Worker Struck by Ram Car | 08/07/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of a worker’s application for permanent total disability. C...Read More | |||
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Court Didn't Abuse Discretion in Denying Sanctions Without Hearing | 08/06/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying a post-dismissal motion for sanctions without first holding a hearing, an Ohio appellate court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reverses Finding That Worker Failed to Exhaust Reasonable Conservative Treatment | 08/06/2024 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court overturned a determination that an injured worker failed to exhaust reasonable conservative measures to treat his knee injury before opting for surgery. ...Read More | |||
