Workers' Compensation News
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Court Rejects Carrier's Objection to Apportionment of Worker's 3rd-Party Settlement | 09/02/2022 | |
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| The Pennsylvania Superior Court rejected an insurance carrier’s objection to a third-party settlement that apportioned more than half of the payment to a gravely injured worker's wife on a loss of consortium claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Lawsuit for Worker's Fatal Fall | 09/01/2022 | |
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| A Texas appellate court upheld the dismissal of a family’s lawsuit against a truck driver’s employer for his fatal injuries from a fall off the top of his tanker. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Disability Retirement Benefits to Former Police Officer With PTSD | 08/31/2022 | |
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| An Arizona appellate court overturned a denial of accidental disability retirement benefits to a police officer for his post-traumatic stress disorder. ...Read More | |||
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Chiropractor Who Pleaded Guilty to Accepting Kickbacks Sentenced to 14 Months in Prison | 08/30/2022 | |
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| Federal prosecutors announced that a chiropractor who accepted kickbacks from Pacific Hospital of Long Beach and solicited kickbacks from another hospital was sentenced to 14 months in prison. ...Read More | |||
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CIGA Bonding Simplification, High Heat Study Bills Heading to Governor | 08/29/2022 | |
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| California lawmakers voted to send the governor bills creating a panel to study the economic and occupational impacts of high heat and simplify the procedure for the state’s backstop against insolvent insurers to request bonds to pay for claims. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Part of Worker's Labor Law Claim for Fall Into Pit | 08/29/2022 | |
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| A New York appellate court revived part of a worker’s Labor Law claim based on his fall into a pit at a construction site. Case: ...Read More | |||
| Contractor Gets Additional $228K Fine for Inadequate Fall Protection | 08/29/2022 | ||
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| A Dundee, Ohio, contractor with an 11-year history of federal workplace safety violations has received an additional $228,126 in fines added to $108,318 in unpaid penalties with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration for again exposing workers to potentially deadly fall hazar...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award of Interim Benefits for Worker With Back Pain After Breaking Leg | 08/25/2022 | |
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| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court upheld an award of interim benefits to a worker suffering from back pain after recovering from a compensable leg injury. ...Read More | |||
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Claims for Indemnification, Contribution Can Proceed Against 3rd-Party Defendant | 08/24/2022 | |
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| A New York appellate court ruled that a third-party defendant in a Labor Law action was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing the claims for indemnification and contribution against it. ...Read More | |||
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Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Announces Election of 3 Board Members | 08/23/2022 | |
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| Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Co., Maryland’s largest writer of workers’ compensation insurance, announced the election of Sally Jameson, Keturah Harley and Franklin J. Hajek Jr. to five-year terms on the company’s board of directors, effective immediately....Read More | |||
