Workers' Compensation News
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Court Orders Consideration of Whether Employer Endorsed Jaywalking | 12/30/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals remanded a case to the Workers' Compensation Board with instructions to consider whether an employer exposed a worker to a greater risk than that to which the public is exposed by having him park across the street and then cross illegally outside of a crosswalk....Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Award of Benefits to Traveling Employee | 12/30/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Commission Division of the Illinois Appellate Court said a claimant who worked at 29 jobsites in 16 months was a traveling employee and that his injuries from a motor vehicle accident on his way to work were compensable. ...Read More | |||
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Court Allows Worker to Add Supervisor to FEHA Complaint, Sends Case Back to State | 12/27/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal district court said a worker suing her employer for disability harassment under California's Fair Employment and Housing Act could add her supervisor to the case. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Uninsured Motorist Policy Exclusion Limits Damages Owed to Comp Recipient | 12/27/2024 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Missouri appeals court upheld a decision finding that an uninsured motorist policy exclusion triggered by payment of workers' compensation benefits was valid and that the carrier was liable only for the minimum damages required by state law. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds VSSR Award for Trench Collapse Injury | 12/27/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appeals court affirmed an award of additional benefits for a worker injured in a trench collapse. Case: State ex rel. Al...Read More | |||
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Court Finds Commissioner Miscalculated Worker's AWW | 12/26/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that the workers’ compensation commissioner miscalculated a worker’s average weekly wage in the weeks leading up to her injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request to Expand Scope of Back Injury Claim | 12/24/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand the scope of his claim for a back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Worker's Challenge to PPD Award | 12/23/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals rejected a worker’s request for an increase in his permanent partial disability award. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award for Diesel Mechanic's Back Injury | 12/20/2024 | |
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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 diesel mechanic for a back injury. Case: P...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Announces Reappointments to CIGA Board | 12/19/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Wednesday reappointed Richard de la Mora, Jennifer Schnittjer and Deepika Srivastava to the board of governors for the California Insurance Guarantee Association. ...Read More | |||
