Workers' Compensation News
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Enlyte Launches Physical Medicine Network | 10/11/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Enlyte on Thursday announced the launch of Apricus Physical Medicine, a network for rehabilitation services, including occupational therapy and physical therapy. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
