Workers' Compensation News
High Court: Worker With Limited Ability to Sit/Stand Can Still Be Gainfully Employed | 09/01/2023 | ||
State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A divided Ohio Supreme Court overturned a grant of writ relief to a worker seeking permanent total disability benefits based on her inability to remain in one position for more than a few minutes at a time. ...Read More | |||
Harford Mutual Announces Merger With ClearPath | 08/22/2023 | ||
State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Harford Mutual Insurance Group announced that it has received final approval from regulators in Maryland to complete a merger with monoline workers’ compensation carrier ClearPath Mutual Insurance Co. ...Read More | |||
HR Law Announces Additions to Deerfield Beach Office | 08/08/2023 | ||
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Workers’ compensation defense firm HR Law announced the addition of two attorneys to its office in Deerfield Beach, Florida. ...Read More | |||
Homeowners Get Summary Dismissal of Workers' Labor Law Claims | 08/04/2023 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of the Labor Law claims against the owners of a single-family residence undergoing renovation work. ...Read More | |||
High Court Rejects 'Straightjacket' for Compensability of Mental Health Claims | 07/31/2023 | ||
State: MI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A divided Michigan Supreme Court on Friday adopted a new test to determine whether a plaintiff successfully demonstrated that a workplace injury significantly contributed to her psychological problems, saying a four-factor test it created in 2001 as a guide has “morphed into a straitjacket....Read More | |||
Husband and Wife Accused of Concealing $4.1 Million in Payroll | 07/27/2023 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The California Insurance Department announced that a husband and wife from Bakersfield were charged with fraud for allegedly underreporting $4.1 million in payroll to two different carriers between 2017 and 2020. ...Read More | |||
High Courts Define Scope of Work Comp Exclusivity | 07/17/2023 | ||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The “grand bargain” at the heart of workers’ compensation systems has been a major topic among the states’ highest courts in recent months, with California, Iowa, Alabama and Pennsylvania all issuing decisions addressing the scope of their respective exclusive remedy ...Read More | |||
High Court Accepts Surrender of Attorney's Law License for Misappropriating Client Funds | 07/07/2023 | ||
State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Supreme Court of Georgia last week accepted an attorney’s voluntary surrender of his law license for misusing an injured worker’s settlement funds. ...Read More | |||
High Court Finds No Duty for Employers to Prevent Spread of COVID-19 Beyond Workers | 07/06/2023 | ||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
California employers do not owe a duty of care to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to employees’ household members, the state’s high court ruled Thursday. ...Read More | |||
High Court Finds Worker Not Entitled to Reopen Claim | 07/05/2023 | ||
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an injured loader operator was not entitled to the reopening of his claim for further permanent partial disability from a neck injury. ...Read More | |||