State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 412 | 0 | Popular with Legal
The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board has adopted an emergency rule, effective Aug. 18, to give the New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund the option to self-insure for workers’ compensation coverage.
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 295 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Commonwealth Court upheld a judge’s order granting an employer a suspension of liability for the payment of benefits to a worker who had voluntarily quit a position within his medical restrictions.
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State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 268 | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled that the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act did not bar a worker’s tort suit over the injuries she sustained during the course of a robbery and rape by a cook at the restaurant where both were employed.
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 274 | 0 | Popular with Legal
A Texas appellate court ruled that a worker’s lawsuit against her employer and claims administrator for alleged misconduct in handling her workers’ compensation claim was subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation.
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 601 | 0 | Popular with Legal
A trial date has been set for a former Red Bluff City Council member accused of failing to pay $20,000 in city taxes or carry workers' compensation coverage for the America's Best Value Inn he owned.
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 211 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
An Ohio restaurant owner was ordered to reimburse the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation $9,406 and serve three years' probation after his former employer reported that he was drawing benefits while earning income.
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 220 | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Commonwealth Court ruled that an employer was not eligible to suspend an injured firefighter’s benefits, as he had not voluntarily left the workforce.
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 238 | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York appellate court ruled that an employer forfeited its challenge to the compensability of an employee’s foot injury by appealing from the wrong decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board.
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State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 301 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
A former North Platte police officer has sued the city, saying it chose to fire him rather than accommodate his post-traumatic stress disorder, ...Read More
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 920 | 0 | Popular with Legal
A Fresno widow cannot sue an employer over the helicopter crash that killed her husband in 2015, as her only legal remedy is seeking death benefits through the workers' compensation system, a Fresno County Superior Court judge has ruled.
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