Workers' Compensation News
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House Passes Federal Firefighter Presumption | 05/13/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would create a presumption that certain health conditions arose from employment as a federal worker engaged in fire protection activities. ...Read More | |||
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Hartwig: Never Mind the Naysayers, 'Let Good Times Roll' for Comp | 05/12/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A long-time presenter at the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s annual meeting told attendees on Wednesday that media reports about a stagnating economy, rising interest rates and inflation, growing numbers of disgruntled workers and the threat of war in Europe have led to inaccur...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Application of Multiplier to Worker's Benefits for Separate Injuries | 05/04/2022 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld the application of a statutory three-multiplier to the separate weekly rates of benefits awarded to an injured worker for two work-related injuries that occurred 85 days apart. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Says Worker Can't Challenge Reversal of Summary Judgment | 05/03/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New York’s highest court ruled that a worker could not challenge an Appellate Division order denying him partial summary judgment and that the Appellate Division order upholding a jury’s verdict for the defendant in his Labor Law action was proper. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Worker Injured While Removing Bird Nest | 05/03/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York’s highest court ruled that a maintenance worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a ladder while removing a bird's nest from over the doorway to a building. ...Read More | |||
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Health Care Worker Kicked by Patient Not Entitled to Larger PPD Award | 04/28/2022 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an injured health care worker was not entitled to a greater permanent partial disability award than the 2% award she received after being kicked by a patient. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Clarifies Workers' Entitlement to SLU Awards for Multiple Injuries | 04/25/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York’s highest court ruled that a worker can receive a schedule loss of use award for different injuries to the same statutory member, and if the second injury has caused an increased loss of use, the worker is entitled to a commensurate SLU award. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds PPD Award to Nurse With Preexisting Back Issues | 04/07/2022 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a 4% permanent partial disability award to an injured nurse with preexisting lumbar spine conditions. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Clarifies Compensation Court's Authority to Modify Prior Award of Treatment | 03/30/2022 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that the state Workers' Compensation Court erred in finding that it lacked authority to modify an award of medical rehabilitation services that had been previously issued to an injured truck driver. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Clarifies Requirements for Truck Driver to Qualify as 'Subject Worker' | 03/28/2022 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that a man who sustained injuries while driving a truck that he leased directly from a trucking company is a "subject worker" for whom the employer had to provide workers’ compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
