Workers' Compensation News
| Employer Can't Claim Worker Was Contractor | 07/22/2015 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court ruled that a painting company's failure to have a worker sign an independent contractor agreement before the worker got hurt prevented the company from denying that the worker was an employee. Case: Staron v. WCAB (Farrier), No. 2140 C.D. 2014, 07/17/2015, publi...Read More | |||
| Employer's Payment of Fee Award Didn't Extend Statute of Limitations for Worker's PFB | 07/15/2015 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An employer's payment of a fee award is neither a payment of compensation nor the furnishing of medical treatment, and so it will not extend the filing period for a worker to file a petition for benefits, the Florida 1st District Court of Appeal ruled. Case: Sanchez v. American Airlin...Read More | |||
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Employer Gets Offset against Worker's PD Benefits | 07/15/2015 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an employer was entitled to a credit for its payment of a schedule loss-of-use award before it stipulated that the c...Read More | |||
| Ethics Committee Recommends for Five Judges Accused of Misconduct | 07/09/2015 | ||
| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California's Workers' Compensation Ethics Committee recommended disciplinary action after reviewing complaints filed over the past two years about judges with short tempers and sharp tongues who lambasted attorneys, threatened to have an injured worker arrested and, in one case physically...Read More | |||
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Employer Not Responsible for Treatment of Injuries Not Mentioned in Settlement Agreement | 07/08/2015 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled that an injured sheriff's deputy was not entitled to treatment for his lumbar spine ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Take Offset from Comp Award to Account for Its Payment of Black Lung Benefits | 07/07/2015 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An employer could not avoid having judgment entered against it for payment of the full amount of workers' compensation benefits due to the estate ...Read More | |||
| Employer Can't Apportion Worker's Disability to Preexisting Nonindustrial Condition | 06/29/2015 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an employer was not entitled to apportion part of an employee's disability after a workplace fall to his preexisting, nonindustrial neck condition. Case: Matter of Lattanzio v. Consolidated Edison of New York, No. 518375, 06/18/2015, publishe...Read More | |||
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ESIS Hires new Chief Information Officer | 06/29/2015 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
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En Banc Court Says Getting Coffee with Friend Isn't a 'Social Activity' Outside Scope of Comp Act | 06/26/2015 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
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| Employer's Obligation to Pay Award of Death Benefits Isn't Stayed during Pendency of Appeal | 06/24/2015 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that there is no automatic stay on an employer's obligation to pay death benefits to a worker's heirs while it is seeking judicial review of a board determination that the worker's death was compensable. Case: Nuessen v. Sutherlands, No. 111,4...Read More | |||
