Workers' Compensation News
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Employee Without Valid Settlement Can't Pursue Breach-of-Contract Claim | 12/21/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that no valid compromise and release agreement existed between an employee and her employer, so she could not pursue a contract action to force a settlement to which the employer had not agreed. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusive Remedy Bars Wrongful Death Claim by Worker's Daughter | 12/06/2023 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Maryland Appellate Court ruled that workers' compensation exclusivity barred the adult daughter of a worker involved in a fatal accident from bringing a claim against the employer under the Wrongful Death Act. ...Read More | |||
| Employment Practices Liability Insurance Provider Had No Duty to Defend Employer | 12/04/2023 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that an employment practices liability insurance provider had no duty to provide coverage to an insured for claims filed by a former employee. ...Read More | |||
| Exclusivity Barred Worker's Parents from Pursuing Civil Remedy for Fatal Car Accident | 11/30/2023 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld a finding that a traveling worker’s death from a car accident occurred within the course and scope of her employment, which prohibited her parents from seeking a civil remedy for her demise. ...Read More | |||
| Employer Fined $201,573 for Explosion | 11/28/2023 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a manufacturer of industrial gas $201,573 for what the agency called a preventable explosion that injured five workers and several first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Employee Can't Maintain Tort Suit Against Colleague, Employer for Car Accident | 11/22/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a school district employee could not maintain a tort action against a colleague and their employer for injuries from a car accident that happened as she was leaving work. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Has No Duty to Inform Injured Worker of Statute of Repose | 11/14/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker’s review and reinstatement petitions, filed more than three years after his last payment of compensation, were time-barred. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Liable for Tax Warrant Despite Never Receiving Notice of Assessment | 11/10/2023 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals upheld a tax warrant against an employer for unpaid workers’ compensation taxes despite his claim he never received a notice of assessment. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Hit With Penalties, Fees for Denying Worker's Shoulder Surgery | 11/08/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court assessed $2,000 in penalties and $1,000 in attorney fees against an employer for denying an injured worker’s shoulder surgery. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Loses Challenge to TTD Award for Worker Who Resigned | 11/01/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that an employer was not entitled to mandamus relief from an administrative order granting temporary total disability benefits to an injured worker who had resigned from her job. ...Read More | |||
