Workers' Compensation News
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Employer's Subsidiary Fails to Raise Viable Exclusivity Defense to Worker's Claim | 10/31/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers’ Compensation Law did not bar an employee’s civil suit against her employer’s wholly owned subsidiary. ...Read More | |||
| Excusive Remedy Barred Car Dealer Employee from Civil Recovery for Fall from Roof | 10/23/2023 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of an injured worker’s claim against his employer as barred by the exclusive remedy provision of the Labor Code. ...Read More | |||
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Employment Agency Owner Sentenced for Fraud | 09/29/2023 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The owner of an employment agency was ordered to pay more than $150,000 in restitution as part of her sentence for a workers’ compensation premium fraud scheme, federal prosecutors in Massachusetts announced. ...Read More | |||
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Engineering Firm Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Indemnification, Contribution Claims | 09/26/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an engineering and consulting firm for a bridge rehabilitation and painting project was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing the indemnification and contribution claims against it arising from a worker’s injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Undisputed Violations of Law Don't Warrant Penalties | 09/14/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a denial of a worker’s request for penalties against his employer despite the company's undisputed violation of state the Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can Compel Arbitration of Widow's Claim of Gross Negligence | 09/07/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A divided Texas appellate court ruled that an employer could compel a widow to arbitrate her gross negligence claim arising from her husband’s fatal work accident. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Payment Records Properly Admitted Into Evidence; Attorney's Fee Properly Reduced | 09/06/2023 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A Missouri appellate court upheld the evidentiary rulings allowing for the admission of an employer’s records of payment for a worker’s medical bills, as well as the reduction of the fee payable to the worker’s attorney. ...Read More | |||
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En Banc WCAB Denies Reconsideration of Nunes Decision | 08/31/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board sitting en banc denied a petition to reconsider a decision it issued in June holding that so-called “vocational apportionment” can’t supplant otherwise valid medical apportionment. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Must Pay for Injection Recommended by Doctor | 08/24/2023 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Utah Court of Appeals upheld an order for an employer to pay for an injection that a doctor recommended as part of a worker’s treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Bar Use of Audio Recordings as Evidence | 08/24/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an allegedly injured worker’s employer was not entitled to a discovery sanction barring any party from using audio recordings of conversations between the worker and the company’s owner as evidence at trial. ...Read More | |||
