Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Gets Relief From Default in Dispute Over Comp Premiums | 09/26/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that an employer was entitled to relief from its default in a dispute over allegedly unpaid workers’ compensation premiums. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Penalized for Late Award Payment | 09/24/2024 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals upheld a 10% penalty against an employer for its late payment of a worker’s award. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Employer Must Pay for Worker's Self-Developed Treatments of Decades-Old Back Injury | 09/16/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the compensability of a former news reporter’s self-developed treatments for a decades-old back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Entitled to Dismissal of Worker's Retaliation Claim | 09/12/2024 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The 11th U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the City of Atlanta was entitled to summary judgment dismissing an injured worker’s retaliation claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Not Entitled to Relief From VSSR Award | 09/10/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that an employer was not entitled to relief from an enhanced award of benefits to a worker because it violated a specific safety regulation. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Alleged Administrative Violations Don't Foreclose Exclusivity Defense | 08/27/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that an employer’s alleged administrative violations did not prevent it from presenting and prevailing on its exclusivity defense. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Escape Liability for Continuing Medical Benefits | 08/26/2024 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled that an employer could not be relieved of its obligation to provide continuing medical treatment to an injured worker after she aggravated her injury in a car accident. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Relitigate Reasonableness of Worker's Mileage for Treatment | 08/23/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that an employer could not relitigate the reasonableness of a worker’s mileage expenses from traveling to see a chiropractor 78 miles from his home. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Loses Challenge to Deadlines for Contesting Black Lung Claims | 08/19/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court rejected an employer’s challenge to the deadlines for submitting evidence to contest its liability for black lung benefits. ...Read More | |||
| Employers Required to Use Revised Work Comp Notice Poster in September | 08/15/2024 | ||
| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents announced that employers must use and display a revised employee notice form, starting Sept. 16. Employers are required to fill out the posters by providing information about who to contact to report a workplace injury and informat...Read More | |||
