Workers' Compensation News
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Court Reinstates Benefits for Worker With Shoulder Injury | 01/10/2024 | |
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| The Illinois Appellate Court reinstated a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Commission awarding benefits to a worker for his shoulder injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Employers' Equal Protection Challenge to BWC Rebate Process | 01/09/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court revived an equal protection challenge to the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s process of providing premium rebates to employers. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Wrongful Death Suit, Says Judge Erred in Barring Expert Witness Opinions | 01/08/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court revived a son’s wrongful death lawsuit against the railway for which his father had worked for more than 40 years, finding the trial judge erred in excluding the testimony of the son’s expert witnesses. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI Opens Registration for Annual Meeting | 01/05/2024 | |
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| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute opened registration for its 60th annual meeting scheduled for March 19 in Oakland. ...Read More | |||
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Carryover PTSD Presumption Bill Amended | 01/05/2024 | |
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| A bill to create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable for emergency medical technicians in California was amended to revise dates because the measure was carried over from the 2023 session. ...Read More | |||
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Court Grants Worker Partial Summary Judgment, Dismisses Defendant | 01/05/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to only partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a tripping accident and that one defendant was entitled to dismissal from the case. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Termination of TTD for Woman Who Abandoned Workforce | 01/04/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the termination of a worker’s temporary total disability benefits due to her voluntary abandonment of the workforce. ...Read More | |||
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Court Nixes Red Book for AWP, Orders Bureau to Find Replacement | 01/03/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Pennsylvania appeals court on Tuesday said Red Book values are not an accurate average wholesale price and ordered the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation to identify a new nationally recognized schedule of pharmaceutical costs to resolve payment disputes. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Black Car Fund Entitled to Surcharge on Non-Cash Tips | 01/03/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A program that provides workers’ compensation benefits to for-hire drivers in New York can assess surcharges on non-cash tips, a federal appeals court held. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Defense Firm Adds Partner in Fresno | 01/02/2024 | |
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| The California workers’ compensation defense law firm of Duncan, Cassio, Lucchesi, Binkley and Van Doren announced that Lisa Madden has joined as a partner in its Fresno office. ...Read More | |||
