Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Can Compel Arbitration of Former Employee's Retaliatory Discharge Claim
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10/13/2015
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Texas appellate court ruled that an employer should have been allowed to compel its former employee to arbitrate his retaliatory termination claim.
Case: Brock Services v. Solis, No. 13-15-00204-CV, 10/08/2015, published.
Facts: Brock Services hired Eduardo Solis in August 2011....Read More
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EDI Changes Coming in December
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10/13/2015
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry will be updating its Workers' Compensation Automation and Integration System in December to improve acceptance rates and prepare for additional changes that will be rolled out in June.
The department is adding information to the...Read More
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Employees of Defunct Self-Insurer Can't Get Remedy from Security Fund
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10/08/2015
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled that a group of 17 workers suffering from the effects of their industrial exposure to asbestos effectively have no legal remedy available to them since their formerly self-insured employer is bankrupt and the state's Self-Insurance Security...Read More
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EEOC Sues Cessna Over Use of Comp Standards in Hiring
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10/05/2015
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State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal lawsuit in Wisconsin last Tuesday against Cessna Aircraft, alleging the aviation manufacturer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by withdrawing job offers after learning of workers' medical conditions.
The EEOC...Read More
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Employer's Offset from PTD Liability Not Affected by Attorney Fee Award
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09/25/2015
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State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an employer's offset to its liability for permanent total disability benefits could not be reduced to account for the fee award that the worker's attorney had secured.
Case: Nitcher v. Northshore Regional Medical Center, No. 2014 CA 1291, 09/...Read More
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Employment for Trucker Was Not 'Principally Localized' in State
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09/23/2015
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Commonwealth Court ruled that an interstate truck driver who lived in Pennsylvania and suffered an injury in New Jersey had to bring his comp claim in Alabama, pursuant to his employment agreement.
Case: Watt v. WCAB (Boyd Brothers Transportation), 53 C.D. 2015, 09/15/2015, published....Read More
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En Banc WCAB: Parties Have 35 Days to File IMR Appeals
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09/18/2015
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, sitting en banc, ruled Thursday that a party wishing to appeal from an adverse independent medical review determination gets 35 days to file a petition for review with the board.
Although Labor Code Section 4610.6(h) sets the filing deadli...Read More
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Employer Cited for Heat-Related Fatality
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09/16/2015
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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A 59-year-old day laborer in Houston died from extreme heat in part because his employer did not implement a heat management program for workers exposed to excessive outdoor heat, according to a news release from the Occupational Safet...Read More
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