Workers' Compensation News
Court Sends Dispute Back to Judge to Determine Applicability of Exclusive Remedy Defense | 09/08/2022 | ||
State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Georgia Court of Appeals sent a worker’s dispute against his employer back to a trial judge to determine whether the claim was precluded by the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers' Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
Court Upholds Authorization for Spinal Cord Stimulator Trial | 09/07/2022 | ||
State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the authorization of a spinal cord stimulator trial for a worker with chronic back pain from a train accident that happened more than a decade earlier. ...Read More | |||
Court Revives Part of Injured Worker's Suit Against Nonsubscribing Employer | 09/06/2022 | ||
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A Texas appellate court revived part of an injured worker’s negligence suit against his nonsubscribing employer for injuries from climbing out of the bed of his work truck. ...Read More | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
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 | |||
Chiropractor Who Pleaded Guilty to Accepting Kickbacks Sentenced to 14 Months in Prison | 08/30/2022 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
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 | |||
CIGA Bonding Simplification, High Heat Study Bills Heading to Governor | 08/29/2022 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
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 | |||
Court Revives Part of Worker's Labor Law Claim for Fall Into Pit | 08/29/2022 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
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 | |||