Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Worker's Tort Claim Against Employer | 06/29/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the dismissal of an injured worker’s tort claims against his employer and its sole member of the business. ...Read More | |||
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CFO of Company Tied to Pacific Hospital Kickback Scheme Sentenced to 15 Months | 06/28/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal prosecutors said an accountant who enabled the owner of Pacific Hospital of Long Beach to pay more than $40 million in kickbacks to providers who referred thousands of comp patients for spinal surgeries was sentenced to 15 months in prison for a tax offense. ...Read More | |||
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CFO: PTSD Law Allows Medical Benefits Without Physical Injury | 06/28/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida’s chief financial officer and the Florida Department of Financial Services said in court filings that the state’s workers’ compensation laws allow first responders to receive medical benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder without having an accompanying physical inju...Read More | |||
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Court Finds Motorist's Recovery of Comp Benefits Didn't Exceed UIM Coverage Limits | 06/28/2022 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court overturned a grant of summary judgment to an automobile policy provider, finding the workers’ compensation benefits paid to an insured had not exceeded the uninsured motorist coverage available to him. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Can't Be Liable for Agreed Judgment When Employer Never Demanded Coverage | 06/27/2022 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that an injured worker could not collect an agreed judgment against his employer from its insurance carrier when the employer had never requested a defense or indemnity. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Part of Labor Law Claim Over Worker's Alleged Fall at Fish Market | 06/27/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a summary judgment dismissing some of a worker’s Labor Law claims for his alleged injuries from slipping and falling on ice at a fish market. ...Read More | |||
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COVID Claims Drop Significantly in March, April | 06/27/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation reports a significant drop in COVID-19 claims in March and April. The DWC’s latest...Read More | |||
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COVID-19 Presumptions Lose Steam Among Lawmakers | 06/27/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Despite the strong push for COVID-19 workers' compensation presumptions in the early stages of the pandemic, fewer than half of the 18 states that enacted legislation or saw executive orders still have the provisions in place, according to a report released Wednesday by the National Coun...Read More | |||
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Court Orders IAB to Double-Check Its Math or Justify Award to Worker | 06/24/2022 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court ruled that the Industrial Accident Board needs to check its math or justify its calculation of benefits to an injured truck driver. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Worker With Rare Disorder Didn't Suffer Compensable Injury From Silica Exposure | 06/24/2022 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker with a rare blood vessel disorder had not sustained a compensable injury from his alleged industrial exposure to silica dust. ...Read More | |||
