Workers' Compensation News
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Factory Worker Can't Prove Job-Related COVID-19 Exposure | 11/20/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a factory worker failed to link his COVID-19 infection to his job. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Upholds Damage Award for Carrier's Breach of Contract | 10/16/2024 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was entitled to more than $541,000 in damages for its insurance carrier’s breach of contract. ...Read More | |||
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Fee Schedule Public Comment Period Opens | 10/02/2024 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration is accepting public comments on the 2025 fee schedule and billing instructions. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Appellate Court Upholds Award of Black Lung Benefits | 09/30/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld an award of black lung benefits for a longtime coal miner. Case: Consol PA Coal Co. v....Read More | |||
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Federal Court Finds Worker Doesn't Qualify as Jones Act Seaman | 09/12/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker did not qualify as a Jones Act seaman. Case: Edwa...Read More | |||
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Federal Law Preempts Worker's Claim for Alleged State Insurance Law Violations | 09/06/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that a worker’s claim that his employer’s health plan administrator violated Illinois law was preempted by federal law. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Again Rules Contractor Has Immunity From Worker's Claim | 09/03/2024 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court has again ruled that a contractor was immune from civil liability for injuries suffered by an employee of a crane company it hired. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Rejects Employer's Petition for Review of Black Lung Award to Widow | 08/28/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court rejected an employer’s petition for review of black lung benefits to a miner’s widow. Case:...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Creates Circuit Split on Liability for Black Lung Benefits | 08/22/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court created a split among the circuits on whether the parent company of a self-insuring coal mine operator can be held liable for black lung benefits owed to a miner. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Sends Worker's Jones Act Claim Back to State Level | 08/21/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that a worker’s Jones Act claims should be sent back to a Texas state court. Shanon Roy Sant...Read More | |||
