Workers' Compensation News
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Court Overturns Partial Summary Judgment on Claim for Power Saw Mishap | 11/10/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker should not have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for an injury involving an allegedly unguarded power saw and that his claims for negligent supervision, negligent retention and negligent hiring should have be...Read More | |||
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Court Compels Judge to Rule on Whether Widow's Claim May Proceed | 11/05/2021 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court chided a trial judge for taking an unreasonably long time to issue a decision involving a widow’s claim that her husband’s on-the-job death was caused by the gross negligence of the county sheriff’s office. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Errs in Terminating TTD, but Sanctions Unwarranted | 11/05/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that an insurer improperly terminated a worker’s benefits after he was fired, but the carrier acted reasonably and should not have been sanctioned for doing so. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Claims Fall as Percentage of Statewide COVID Infections | 11/03/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation claims for COVID-19 relative to statewide infections have fallen considerably, from more than 10% in the early days of the pandemic to less than 2% for most of 2021, according to new data from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California. ...Read More | |||
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Constructor Pleads Guilty to Tax, Comp Fraud | 11/03/2021 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The owner of a now-shuttered Massachusetts construction company pleaded guilty to charges relating to a scheme to defraud the IRS of payroll taxes and to defraud his workers’ compensation insurance carrier by failing to disclose how many workers he employed, the U.S. Attorney’s Office...Read More | |||
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CWCI Reports Hospital Stays Declined During Pandemic | 11/01/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Injured worker inpatient hospital stays fell 17.2% during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing the cumulative decline since 2010 to 47.2%, the California Workers’ Compensation Institute announced. ...Read More | |||
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Charles Brooks, Christine LaSala Join Sedgwick Board of Directors | 10/29/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Sedgwick announced the appointments of Charles Brooks and Christine LaSala as independent members of its board of directors. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Errs in Disregarding Some of Worker's Injuries | 10/29/2021 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was entitled to permanent total disability benefits from the Second Injury Fund because the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission erred in disregarding his disability. ...Read More | |||
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Court Declines to Apply Statutory Modifiers to Retired Worker's PPD Award | 10/28/2021 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled that a retired worker was not entitled to the application of statutory modifiers to his permanent partial disability award. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Ex-Correctional Officer's Conviction for Comp Fraud, Theft | 10/27/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a former correctional officer’s conviction for workers’ compensation fraud and theft based on his acceptance of temporary total disability benefits while he was employed. ...Read More | |||
