Workers' Compensation News
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Carrier Fails to Cancel Coverage Before Worker's Accident | 10/26/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier had not effectively canceled an employer’s workers’ compensation coverage prior to an employee’s accident and that the carrier, therefore, was liable for the benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Convicted Attorney Ordered to Pay $700,000, Serve Four Years in Prison | 10/25/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An applicants’ attorney convicted of participating in two separate referral schemes in Southern California was ordered to serve four years in state prison and pay more than $700,000 in restitution to 17 different carriers, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced. ...Read More | |||
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Condo Association Asserts Viable Statutory Employer Defense to Injured Valet's Suit | 10/24/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that a condominium association asserted a valid basis for its claim of civil immunity to an injured valet’s premises liability suit as his statutory employer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Worker's Disability Discrimination Claim | 10/20/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s disability discrimination claim, finding he failed to prove he was able to work with or without reasonable accommodations. ...Read More | |||
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Court Declines Review of Benefits Awarded to Security Guard Injured in Chase | 10/19/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court on Tuesday declined a petition asking it to review a case in which a security guard received benefits for an injury he suffered after chasing an unruly patron out of a bus terminal in contradiction of his employer’s instructions. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Fee Schedule Cap on Reimbursement for Pot | 10/19/2022 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Mexico Court of Appeals said an injured worker wasn’t entitled to full reimbursement for his out-of-pocket medical cannabis costs because they exceeded the maximum payment allowed under the state’s medical fee schedule. ...Read More | |||
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Chemical Processor Fined $192,620 for More Than 60 Safety Violations | 10/19/2022 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that a manufacturing company that works with dangerous chemicals was fined $192,620 after inspectors identified 46 serious violations of workplace safety regulations and 17 general safety and health violations. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Determination That Worker's Condition Tied to Accident | 10/14/2022 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld a finding that an assembly line worker’s condition of was causally related to an accident that happened when a forklift pushed a bin into her. ...Read More | |||
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COVID Safety Requirements Trimmed for Employer-Provided Housing | 10/13/2022 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division scaled back COVID-19 protections for employer-provided labor housing, removing provisions deemed “no longer appropriate to this stage of the pandemic.” ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds PPD, Medical Expense Awards to Injured Worker | 10/13/2022 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a worker’s permanent partial disability and medical expense awards were not against the manifest weight of the evidence in her case. ...Read More | |||
