Workers' Compensation News
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Firefighter's Aortic Aneurysm Constitutes Presumptively Compensable Heart Disease | 07/16/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a firefighter with an aortic aneurysm had presumptively occupational heart disease. ...Read More | |||
| Federal Court Upholds Worker's Award of Black Lung Benefits Despite ALJ's Evidentiary Mistake | 06/28/2024 | ||
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| A federal appellate court upheld an award of black lung benefits to a coal industry employee despite the administrative law judge’s evidentiary error. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Mechanic's Disability Discrimination Claim | 06/27/2024 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of an injured mechanic’s claim for disability discrimination. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Scolds Insured for Frivolous Contest to Carrier's Entitlement to Payment | 06/10/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court scolded an insured for its frivolous defense during arbitration with its carrier and threatened to sanction the insured for its frivolous challenge to the arbitration award. ...Read More | |||
| Federal Court Says it Lacks Jurisdiction Over Petition Filed Day Too Late | 05/29/2024 | ||
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| A federal appellate court ruled that it had no jurisdiction over a petition for review of a denial of survivor’s benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act filed one day too late. ...Read More | |||
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Fraudster Gets 180 Days Behind Bars | 05/10/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California man pleaded no contest last week to felony insurance fraud and was sentenced to 180 days in jail. The Sacramento County Distric...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Rejects Employer's Challenge to Black Lung Award | 05/09/2024 | |
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| A federal appellate court upheld an award of Black Lung Benefits Act compensation to a longtime coal miner. Case: Dominion C...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Has Jurisdiction Over Workers' Claims for Burn Injuries | 05/07/2024 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that South Carolina’s workers’ compensation statutes did not deprive a trial judge of subject matter jurisdiction over a civil suit by three workers who were badly burned in a plastics plant fire. ...Read More | |||
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Forum Selection Clauses in Illegal Insurance Policies Aren't Enforceable | 04/22/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the forum selection clause in an illegal insurance policy is not enforceable as a matter of public policy. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Clarifies Comp Offset From Underinsured Motorist Benefits | 04/04/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that an automobile insurance provider was entitled to offset its coverage obligations for an underinsured motorist claim by what the insured received from a third-party settlement and workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
