Workers' Compensation News
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Court Dismisses Carrier's Challenge to Compensability Finding | 10/21/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court dismissed an insurance carrier’s challenge to a trial judge’s finding of compensability for a worker’s death, ruling that the judgment entered had been void. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds 45% SLU for Worker's Knee Injury | 10/21/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a 45% schedule loss of use award for a worker’s knee injury. Case: Matter of Wright v. Elme...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Worker's 1% PPD Award for Knee Injury | 10/18/2024 | |
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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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CFO Asks Court to Revisit Definition of Heart Disease for Presumptive Claims | 10/17/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida's Chief Financial Officer is asking the state's 1st District Court of Appeal to revisit its definition of heart disease under a 2023 decision dealing with presumptive claims by first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Worker's Lies Don't Forfeit Entitlement to Benefits | 10/17/2024 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a man with a rapid-repetitive-motion injury and that he did not forfeit his entitlement to benefits by lying about his medical history. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI: Wage Increase Bumps Benefits for 2025 | 10/16/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers' Compensation Institute said certain benefits will increase by about 3.8% next year because of an increase in the state's average weekly wage. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Calculation of Pipe Fitter's AWW | 10/16/2024 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld the calculation of a union pipe fitter’s average weekly wage from a project where he was injured. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Announces 8.4% Loss Cost Decrease | 10/16/2024 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro on Wednesday announced that voluntary market loss costs will decrease by an average of 8.4% on Dec. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Calculation of Worker's AWW, Denial of Statutory Multiplier | 10/15/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the calculation of an injured worker’s average weekly wage and a determination that her award was not subject to a multiplier. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Widower Benefits for Nursing Home Worker's Death | 10/11/2024 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals upheld the denial of a widower’s claim for benefits for a nursing home worker’s death after her COVID-19 infection. ...Read More | |||
