Workers' Compensation News
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Court Revives Breach of Contract Dispute Involving Worker's Death at Landfill | 01/11/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a dispute over whether an employer established a breach of contract by a transport company that had contracted with the employer’s parent company for use of a landfill. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Recommends Candidates for Appellate Court Vacancy | 01/11/2022 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commission on Judicial Selection recommended three candidates to fill the vacancy on the Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals created by the retirement of Gary M. Hall. ...Read More | |||
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Changes to ASC Payment Rules Up for Review | 01/11/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that its ambulatory surgical center payment rules are pending a “common-sense” review. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Duty Disability Pension for Firefighter Who Concealed Preexisting Condition | 01/10/2022 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court reinstated duty disability pension benefits to a firefighter who lied about preexisting back issues. ...Read More | |||
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Court Clarifies Burden on Firefighters Seeking Benefits for Occupational Diseases | 01/07/2022 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania clarified the burden of proof on a firefighter seeking benefits for an occupational disease, as well as the application of a statutory presumption that his condition arose out of his employment. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Carrier's Defense to Liability Asserting Employer Had Fake Certificate of Coverage | 01/07/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board dismissing an insurance carrier’s challenge to a determination of its liability for a claim based on its assertion that the board had been presented with a fraudulent certificate of insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Order Precluding Property Owner From Raising Defenses to Worker's Claim | 01/07/2022 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a determination that a worker was an employee of a property owner, as well as a grant of a motion to preclude the employer from contesting the compensability of the employee’s injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Employer's Claims for Unauthorized Debits, Failure to Procure Insurance | 01/06/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of an employer’s claims against Applied Underwriters Inc. asserting that the company made unauthorized debits from its accounts and failed to obtain workers’ compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Court Clarifies Ability of Girlfriend to Claim Death Benefits | 01/05/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that the longtime girlfriend of a deceased construction worker could potentially qualify as a dependent entitled to death benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Parents' Tort Claims for Son's Heatstroke Death | 01/05/2022 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld the dismissal of the wrongful death and negligence claims against an employer and its parent corporation for a worker’s death from heatstroke. ...Read More | |||
