Workers' Compensation News
Children May Proceed With Tort Suit Against Parents' Employer | 03/06/2024 | ||
State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Illinois Appellate Court said summary judgment is not appropriate in deciding if birth defects in children are the result of their parents' workplace exposure to chemicals. ...Read More | |||
Court Revives Tort Suit Against Company for Birth Defects in Children of Employees | 03/06/2024 | ||
State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Illinois Appellate Court overturned a grant of summary judgment for an employer, finding triable questions existed as to whether the birth defects suffered by employees’ children were causally related to the employees' workplace exposures. ...Read More | |||
Company Not Civilly Liable to Employee Knocked Out in Fight With Foreman | 03/05/2024 | ||
State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A Texas appellate court ruled that a company was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a civil suit by an employee who was punched out by his foreman for complaining about being left behind at a hotel. ...Read More | |||
Court Overturns Partial Summary Judgment in Worker's Labor Law Claim | 03/04/2024 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A New York appellate court overturned a grant of partial summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim based on his alleged fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
Court Properly Limits Damages Available to Heirs of Drowned Worker | 03/01/2024 | ||
State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A Louisiana appellate court upheld a grant of partial summary judgment limiting the potential damages for the seller of a vessel that capsized and killed a father of three. ...Read More | |||
Court Rejects Worker's Constitutional Challenge to IRE, Modification of Status | 02/29/2024 | ||
State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected a worker’s constitutional challenge to his impairment rating evaluation and the modification of his disability status. ...Read More | |||
Court: Board Didn't Abuse Discretion in Denying Employer's Late Application for Review | 02/28/2024 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board did not abuse its discretion in denying an employer’s untimely application for review. ...Read More | |||
Carrier Fails to Prove Cancellation of Policy Before Worker's Accident | 02/27/2024 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A New York appellate court upheld a finding that a workers’ compensation insurance carrier failed to prove its claim that it had canceled an employer’s policy before an employee’s accident. ...Read More | |||
Court Upholds Dismissal of Self-Represented Worker's Claims Against QME | 02/26/2024 | ||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of a self-represented worker’s claims against the qualified medical evaluator whose report provided the basis for the denial of her workers’ compensation claim for a psychological injury. ...Read More | |||
CWCI Sets Annual Case Law Update for May 9 | 02/26/2024 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The California Workers’ Compensation Institute is holding its annual case law update as both an in-person event and an online broadcast on May 9. ...Read More | |||