Workers' Compensation News
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Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over Worker's Negligence Claim Against Colleague, Employer | 08/23/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over a worker’s negligence claims against a colleague and his employer arising from a motor vehicle accident. ...Read More | |||
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CHP Arrests Former Officer for Suspected Fraud | 08/21/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Highway Patrol announced that a former officer was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of workers’ compensation fraud. Jordan Lester, 4...Read More | |||
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Coal Miner Entitled to Presumption of Total Disability, Gets Black Lung Award | 08/21/2024 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that a coal miner was entitled to a presumption that he was totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis, and it upheld an award of black lung benefits to him. ...Read More | |||
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Crane Service Has Single Citation Reinstated, Another Dismissed | 08/21/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a citation against a crane service provider but reinstated another. Case: Secret...Read More | |||
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Commission Sets Claims Administration Workshop | 08/20/2024 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission is holding a claims administration workshop on Oct. 4. The Claims Administration Made Ea...Read More | |||
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Court Finds Eye Doctor Illegally Fired Worker Who Reported COVID Violations | 08/20/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor announced that the federal court for the Northern District of New York found that an ophthalmologist and his practice illegally fired a worker who complained about his employer’s failure to implement COVID-19 safety protocols. ...Read More | |||
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Court Publishes Decision Requiring SIBTF to Prove Entitlement to SSDI Offset | 08/16/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s 2nd District Court of Appeals published its July decision finding that the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund is required to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that it is entitled to a Social Security offset before reducing injured workers’ benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Cashier Shot During Robbery Leads to OSHA Fines for Circle K | 08/16/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal workplace safety investigators cited Circle K Stores Inc. for failing to provide a safe place of employment after a cashier suffered a serious gunshot injury during a robbery. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Announces CIGA, WCIRB Appointments | 08/14/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Tuesday announced two appointments to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Governing Committee and the California Insurance Guarantee Association board of governors. ...Read More | |||
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Court Strikes Down Statutory Prohibition on Workers Posting Recordings of IMEs Online | 08/14/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals held that a law prohibiting injured workers from posting to social media recordings of their independent medical examinations is an unconstitutional prior restraint on free speech. ...Read More | |||
