Workers' Compensation News
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Committee Schedules Hearing on Comp Bills | 03/19/2025 | |
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| The California Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement will on March 26 hear testimony on bills that would bolster first responders' work comp benefits and require the state to protect workers in stonecutting shops. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Attorney's 20% Fee Against Worker's Medical Benefits | 03/19/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a judge’s decision to deny approval of a fee agreement allowing an attorney to receive 20% of a worker’s outstanding and future medical benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Worker's Claim for Wrongful Termination | 03/19/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court revived a worker’s claim of retaliatory termination, finding triable issues as to whether he had been fired for dishonesty or for filing a workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Authorization of Nerve Blocks for Worker's Back Injury | 03/17/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the authorization of bilateral medial branch nerve blocks for a worker’s back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Comp Covers Fatal Accidents for School Volunteers | 03/14/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court said workers' compensation is the exclusive remedy for the family and estate of a school district volunteer who was killed in a fatal accident during a food drive. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Part of Former Railway Worker's FELA Action | 03/14/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a retired railway worker stated a viable claim under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act for his cumulative trauma injuries, so a grant of summary judgment dismissing his entire action had not been appropriate. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Revives Worker's Labor Law Claim for Cart Accident | 03/14/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law action for his injuries from a cart mishap. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Widow's Award for Worker's Death From Fungal Infection of Brain | 03/13/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a worker’s widow for a fatal fungal infection in his brain. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reverses WCAB's Decision Due to Worker's Failure to Preserve Challenge | 03/12/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania overturned a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board that reversed an order reducing a worker’s average weekly wage, since his appeal to the board had not preserved any issue for disposition. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Reappoints Two to WCIRB Governing Committee | 03/11/2025 | |
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| California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara reappointed Mitch Steiger and C. Bryan Little to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Governing Committee. ...Read More | |||
