Workers' Compensation News
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CWCI: COVID Claims Triple in May | 07/08/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute on Wednesday reported that the number of claims for COVID-19 nearly tripled in May. &ld...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Vacates Worker's Fraud Conviction | 07/08/2022 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals vacated part of a criminal defendant’s conviction for workers’ compensation fraud saying the trial judge gave bad instructions to the jury and accepted a nonunanimous decision. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Reduction of Worker's SLU, Fee Awards | 07/07/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a reduction in a worker’s schedule loss of use and attorney fee awards. Case: Matter o...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of TTD to Worker but Finds Entitlement to SEB | 07/07/2022 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the denial of temporary total disability benefits to an injured worker but found she was entitled to supplemental earning benefits because a vocational rehabilitation counselor had not identified reasonable positions available to her within her community....Read More | |||
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CWCI: Med-Legal Costs Soar Following Changes | 07/06/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Payments for medical-legal services to resolve disputes over compensability issues in workplace injury claims have risen “sharply” under the new medical-legal fee schedule that took effect in 2021, according to a California Workers’ Compensation Institute study. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Benefits to Worker for Alleged Exposure to COVID-19 | 07/06/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a denial of benefits to a worker for his alleged on-the-job exposure to COVID-19. Case: Yeager v. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Carrier Unreasonably Denied Benefits for Worker Injured by Argon Gas Exposure | 07/06/2022 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that the conservator for a worker injured by exposure to argon gas established the compensability of his injuries and that she was entitled to a recovery of her costs, attorney fees and an award of penalties. ...Read More | |||
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Court Increases Worker's Awards of Penalties, Attorney Fees From Employer | 07/06/2022 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court increased an injured worker’s awards of penalties and attorney fees for his employer’s failure to pay for his medical treatment, its delay in approving his choice of doctor and its bad-faith conduct in discovery. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Gets Summary Judgment Dismissing Contribution, Indemnity Claims Against Employer | 07/06/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier should have been granted summary judgment dismissing the indemnification and contribution claims against its insured, the employer of an injured employee. ...Read More | |||
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Conservator for Murdered Worker's Children Can't Get Comp Settlement Set Aside | 07/05/2022 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals denied a request filed by the conservator of a murdered worker’s five children to set aside the settlement of a workers’ compensation claim that had been accepted by his predecessor. ...Read More | |||
