Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Reversal of OWC Medical Director's Denial of Surgery | 06/23/2022 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld a decision by the Workers' Compensation Court that reversed a decision of the Office of Workers' Compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Court: TV Station Didn't Retaliate Against Per Diem Worker for Filing Comp Claim | 06/23/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a television station did not fire a per diem employee in retaliation for his filing a workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says 7 Years Not Too Long for UEF to Seek Lien Recovery | 06/21/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Uninsured Employers' Fund did not wait too long to file a request for suspension of a worker’s benefits after waiting more than seven years to receive its lien recovery. ...Read More | |||
| Chubb Announces Executive Changes | 06/17/2022 | ||
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| Chubb Ltd. said it has named Suresh Krishnan chief operating officer of the insurer’s third-party administrator, ESIS Inc. ...Read More | |||
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Court Dismisses Employer's Challenge to Discovery Orders in Worker's Civil Action | 06/17/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court rejected an employer’s challenge to discovery orders related to an employee’s civil suit against it. C...Read More | |||
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Committees Pass Bills Addressing Coverage Rules for Contractors | 06/16/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California Assembly committee passed bills that would mandate comp coverage for pest control contractors and expand license classifications required to file a certificate of coverage with the Contractors State License Board. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Injunction on Insurance Regulator's Administrative Proceeding Against Air Evac | 06/16/2022 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld a preliminary injunction barring West Virginia insurance regulators from moving forward with an administrative proceeding against an air ambulance provider over its “membership program.” ...Read More | |||
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Court Reverses Partial Summary Judgment on Worker's Labor Law Claim | 06/16/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a property owner and construction manager should not have been granted summary judgment dismissing part of a worker’s Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Worker's Challenge to Denial of Request for COVID Information | 06/15/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court threw out as moot a worker’s challenge to the denial of his request for document production from his employer related to COVID-19 in his workplace. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Lawsuit Over Alleged Hacking of Comp Database | 06/14/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against three insurance carriers and two investigators who allegedly hacked a computer system containing information entered by attorneys and their clients. ...Read More | |||
