Workers' Compensation News
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Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Industrial Insurance Act's Procedural Limitations | 06/04/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 107 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 17 min read | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals last week rejected an injured worker’s constitutional challenge to the Industrial Insurance Act‘s procedural limitations on litigants appealing adverse decisions from the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals. ...Read More | |||
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Case Law Development Requires Remand of Coverage Dispute | 06/04/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 100 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 25 min read | |||
| A divided New York appellate court ruled that guidance from the state’s highest court required remand of a coverage dispute for a worker’s accident so that a trial judge could determine whether the carrier had a substantial in-state business presence. ...Read More | |||
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CHSWC Posts Rand Report on Medical Care | 06/01/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 619 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 71 min read | |||
| The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation posted to its website a new report by Rand Corp. analyzing medical trends in California’s comp system. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reduces Jury's Award to Workers for Burn Injuries From Well Explosion | 06/01/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 165 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 11 min read | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court reduced a jury’s multi-million award to two severely burned oil well workers, finding that a jury had awarded excessive amounts for lost future earnings. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Ironworker's Fall Though Unguarded Floor Opening | 06/01/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 99 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for an ironworker on his Labor Law claim based on his fall through an opening in the floor of a building under construction. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Sanctions Against Claimants' Firm for Doctors' Failure to Appear at Depositions | 06/01/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 128 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned the imposition of sanctions against a claimants’ firm, finding that the Workers’ Compensation Board had cited the wrong statutory provision and that sanctions were not warranted in the first place. ...Read More | |||
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Commission to Fine Parties to Last-Minute Work Comp Settlements | 05/31/2018 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 126 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 31 min read | |||
| Iowa’s Division of Workers’ Compensation will soon levy late-settlement fines on both claimants and defendants in an effort to cut back on wasted time, money and effort caused when hearings are canceled at the last minute. ...Read More | |||
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Committee to Start on Formulary Required by Reform Law | 05/31/2018 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 342 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 40 min read | |||
| The Kentucky Workers' Compensation Medical Advisory Committee will meet today to discuss a drug formulary required by legislation that passed in March. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Denial of PTD Award for Worker With Opioid Addiction | 05/31/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 178 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 16 min read | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a trial judge erred in overturning a decision of the workers’ compensation commissioner denying permanent total disability benefits for an employee dealing with an addiction to opioid medication. ...Read More | |||
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Claimant Attorney Disciplined for Mishandling Trust Account | 05/31/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 133 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read | |||
| A Miami attorney was forced to shut down his practice for 10 days and pay $1,250 in costs for depositing settlement funds from a tort claim into his bank account even though a workers’ compensation carrier had posted a lien claiming a right to a portion of the money. ...Read More | |||
