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Workers' Compensation News

 
Haslam Appoints 3 to New Appellate Board for Workers' Comp Court 07/24/2014
State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam on Wednesday appointed three judges to the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, which will hear appeals from the new Court of Workers' Compensation Claims. ...Read More
 
 
High Court Explains Credit Calculations When Workers Get Increased Awards on Appeal 07/24/2014
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Maryland's highest court ruled that when a workers' compensation award is increased on appeal, the payer of the award is entitled to a credit based on the total dollars actually paid, not the number of weeks for which benefits were paid. Case...Read More
 
 
High Court: Unpaid Student Intern Wasn't an 'Employee' 07/24/2014
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
An unpaid student intern is not an "employee" entitled to protection under Wisconsin's anti-retaliation law for heath care workers, the state Supreme Court ruled. Case: Masri v. State of Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission, No. 2012AP1047, 07/22/2014, published....Read More
 
 
High Court Says Statutory Employer Doctrine Isn't Substitute for Employer/Employee Analysis 07/24/2014
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Maryland's highest court ruled that the statutory employer provision of the Workers' Compensation Act does not replace the common-law employer/employee analysis and does not apply unless there is no direct employer/employee relationship between the injured ...Read More
 
 
High Court Says Employer Can't Cut Off Benefits to Worker Who Wouldn't Admit Immigration Status 07/23/2014
By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
A fractured Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday ruled that an employer can cut off an injured worker's disability benefits by showing that the claimant's loss of earning power was due to his lack of authorization to legally work in the United States. ...Read More
 
 
Haley Appoints Failed Candidate, Son of Former Gov. to WC Commission 07/23/2014
Source: Greenville News
State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is appointing the son of a former governor, who ran unsuccessfully earlier this year for the lieutenant governor's post, as a workers' compensation commissioner, according to a report by the Greenville News. The newspaper said Haley nominated busine...Read More
 
 
Harriman Man Faces Felony Charges for Collecting $27,000 in Excess Benefits 07/21/2014
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A Harriman man faces third-degree felony fraud charges for collecting $27,000 in excess workers’ compensation insurance benefits, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said. Trent Mitchell, 43, allegedly accepted the benefits while working full time in the Town of...Read More
 
 
High Court Clarifies Worker's Burden to Prove 'Definite Time and Place' of Injury 07/15/2014
By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
State: HI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled last week that a worker's inability to show that her injury occurred at a "definite time and place" while she was at work was not fatal to her claim for service-connected disability retirement benefits. Although Hawaii Revised Statutes Section ...Read More
 
 
High Court Accepts CAA Amicus Brief in Officer's Claim 07/11/2014
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The California Supreme Court last week accepted amicus briefs from the California Applicants' Attorneys Association in a dispute over a police officer's claim for temporary disability indemnity at the statutory maximum rate and from the California Workers' Compensation ...Read More
 
 
Hanford Air Samples Below Occupational Exposure Levels 07/11/2014
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
Since January, nearly 40 workers at the largest nuclear waste storage site in the country reported breathing difficulties and other symptoms they attributed to vapors emanating from storage tanks, but the Associated Press reports air samples taken at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington sta...Read More
 
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