Workers' Compensation News
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Employer of Allegedly Injured Worker Gets Dismissal of Third-Party Claim | 10/07/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a third-party suit against an allegedly injured worker’s employer should have been summarily dismissed. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Loses Challenges to Benefits Reinstatement, Expansion of Claim, Penalties | 10/04/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected an employer’s challenges to orders reinstating a worker’s benefits, the expansion of his claim and the imposition of penalties. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Doesn't Bar Worker From Suing Employer's Auto Insurance Carrier | 10/02/2024 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that when a worker is injured in the course of his employment by the acts of an underinsured third-party tortfeasor, workers’ compensation exclusivity does not bar him from recovering benefits from his employer’s separate uninsured/underinsur...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
