Workers' Compensation News
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Health Officials Propose Changes after Leak of PDMP Records
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08/26/2013
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State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefFlorida Department of Health officials are proposing a series of changes to rules governing the state's two-year-old prescription drug-monitoring program in the wake of a constituti...Read More
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Height Differential of 2 ft. Enough to Implicate Labor Law Sec. 240(1)
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08/26/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A New York appellate court ruled that a worker could state a cognizable claim under the Labor Law for alleged injuries from when a pile of sheetrock boards, which had been resting on wooden blocks elevating them about 2 feet off the ground, toppled over onto her. ...Read More
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HEMIC Declares $2 Million Dividend
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08/23/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Hawaii Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co. board of directors declared a $2 million dividend payable to qualifying policyholders who have been insured with HEMIC for more than one policy year and who have good safety records.This marks the seventh consecutive year that the HEMIC bo...Read More
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High Court: Intoxication Alone Does Not Prove Causation
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08/23/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NH | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An insurer must prove that intoxication was the cause of a handyman's fall from a ladder while trimming a tree and not just that the worker was intoxicated at the time of the accident, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled, overturning a Compensation Appeals Board decision.The high c...Read More
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High Court Says N.M. Law Applied to Welder's Asbestos Claim
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08/22/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that a wrongful death claim based on exposure to asbestos in New Mexico, which resulted in mesothelioma diagnosed 30 years later in Arizona, is subject to the substantive law of New Mexico.Case: Pounders v. Enserch E&C Inc., No. CV...Read More
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High Court Puts Viability of Quarry Worker's Tort Claims in Jeopardy
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08/21/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: HI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Hawaii Supreme Court remanded a case involving a worker injured by a malfunctioning rock-crushing machine that may eventually provide guidance on the whether managers can be held liable if they instruct employees to perform unsafe tasks.In an unpublished memorandum opinion Monda...Read More
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High Court Says Railway Properly Withheld Part of Worker's Award
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08/19/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NE | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that the entire amount of a jury award obtained by a railway worker on his Federal Employers' Liability Act claim had to be deemed compensation for lost wages and therefore his employer properly withheld a potion of the award to pay his Railroad Retirement T...Read More
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High Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Police Officer's Pneumonia
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08/15/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled that a police officer with cystic fibrosis was not entitled to benefits for the pneumonia he contracted within a month of breaking his hand during a taser training.Case: Hayes v. State of Wyoming, No. S-12-0280, 08/13/2013, published.&...Read More
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Hub Hires Employee Benefits Sales VP in San Francisco
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08/13/2013
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State: CA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Hub International Insurance Services has appointed Andrew Cohen senior vice president of sales for the employee benefits division in San Francisco.Cohen will serve as a resource in training and supporting other employee benefits brokers in the San Francisco middle-market practice....Read More
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Homeowner Not Liable for Painter's Fall from Ladder
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08/09/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A residential property owner was entitled to the summary dismissal of a painter's Labor Law claim against him based on the painter's fall from a ladder while performing work at the home, a New York appellate court ruled. Case: Hugo v. Sarantakos, No. 201...Read More
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