Workers' Compensation News
Home Depot Asks High Court to Find Exclusivity Bars Negligence Claim for Dog Bite | 12/01/2022 | ||
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The exclusive remedy of workers’ compensation should preclude a Home Depot worker who was bitten by a customer’s dog from pursuing a negligence claim for allegedly failing to identify the customer, an attorney for the retailer told Pennsylvania’s high court. ...Read More | |||
High Court Upholds Denial of Nurse's Claim of Back Injury | 11/23/2022 | ||
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The District of Columbia Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a nurse’s claim for benefits, finding her ongoing complaints were unrelated to an on-the-job back injury. ...Read More | |||
High Court Says Workers Have Immunity From Colleague's Civil Suit | 11/18/2022 | ||
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The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that two municipal employees were immune from civil liability to a colleague who was run over and permanently injured while the three were at work collecting trash. ...Read More | |||
High Court Tosses Former Pro Soccer Player's Claim for Post-Concussive Injury | 11/16/2022 | ||
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The District of Columbia’s highest court upheld the dismissal of a former professional soccer player’s claim for benefits for his allegedly debilitating post-concussive symptoms. ...Read More | |||
Houston Business Convicted of WC Fraud | 11/14/2022 | ||
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A Houston-area business will pay $300,000 for workers’ compensation fraud after trying to conceal its payroll from 2011 to 2014. On Thursday, Se...Read More | |||
High Court Says Unaccrued Portions of Nonschedule Award Do Not Pass to Worker's Heirs | 10/31/2022 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
New York’s highest court ruled that unaccrued portions of a nonschedule award do not pass to the beneficiaries of injured employees who die from causes unrelated to the work injury. ...Read More | |||
High Court Upholds Award to Worker Injured After Using Cocaine, Drinking at 'Frat House' Job Site | 10/12/2022 | ||
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The Alaska Supreme Court unanimously upheld an award of benefits to a worker for his injuries from a fall despite his admission of using cocaine and drinking on the job and testing positive for drugs and alcohol after the accident. ...Read More | |||
High Court Upholds PTD Award for Retired Stockroom Worker | 10/07/2022 | ||
State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld a permanent total disability award to a longtime stockroom worker for his cumulative trauma and hearing loss, despite his retirement from the workforce. ...Read More | |||
High Court Upholds Increase in Injured Shuttle Driver's PPD Rating | 10/05/2022 | ||
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to an increased permanent partial disability rating. Case: ...Read More | |||
High Court Denies PTD Benefits to Worker Under Odd-Lot Doctrine | 10/04/2022 | ||
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The Wyoming Supreme Court unanimously upheld the denial of permanent total disability benefits to a worker under the odd-lot doctrine. Case:...Read More | |||