Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Can't Enforce Terms of Settlement Reached Without Client's Consent | 01/18/2023 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was not entitled to summary judgment enforcing the terms of a settlement it had negotiated with a worker’s attorney when the worker denied that the attorney had the authority to accept the proposed deal. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Not Liable For Injuries Allegedly Caused by Worker's Use of Equipment | 01/13/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a worker’s employer was not liable for injuries allegedly caused by an employee’s unauthorized use of its equipment at his home. ...Read More | |||
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Enacted Budget Bill Includes Warehouse Worker Safety Provisions | 01/10/2023 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker enacted a budget bill Monday that included provisions addressing the increasingly popular topic of reducing injuries among warehouse workers. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Not Barred From Contesting Claim It Never Received in Mail | 01/06/2023 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court ruled that an employer who never received the mailed notice of an employee’s claim could not be barred from presenting a defense despite its failure to respond within the statutorily allotted 28 days. ...Read More | |||
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Employee Can Receive Supplemental Earnings Benefits After Voluntary Retirement | 12/19/2022 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a former employee can claim and receive supplemental earnings benefits after retirement, even if he admitted that his retirement was an independent decision and not related to the injury. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Offset Payments Through Credit Against Benefits for Later Injury | 12/19/2022 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an employer cannot offset an overpayment of workers' compensation benefits paid for one work-related injury through a credit against an award of benefits for a subsequent work injury. ...Read More | |||
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Employee Who Pursued Civil Remedy Must Repay Second Injury Fund | 12/13/2022 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an injured worker who elected to pursue a civil suit against his uninsured employer was required to reimburse the Second Injury Fund for the benefits he had received from it. ...Read More | |||
| Emergency Rule Allows Lump Sum Settlement When Doesn't Exceed 30% | 12/06/2022 | ||
| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations on Monday announced the adoption of an emergency rule that will allow injured workers with a permanent partial disability of up to 30% to accept a lump sum settlement. ...Read More | |||
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Emergency Order Prohibiting Cancellations Extended for 60 Days | 11/30/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis extended an emergency order prohibiting carriers from canceling policies for another 60 days while the state continues to repair damage caused by Hurricane Ian. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusive Remedy, Statute of Limitations Bar Worker's Tort Claims for Exposure Injuries | 11/17/2022 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s tort claims for injuries from industrial exposure to hazardous materials as untimely and barred by the exclusive remedy provision of the workers’ compensation law. ...Read More | |||
