Workers' Compensation News
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High Court: 2019 Law Allows Civil Action for Disease to Proceed | 01/28/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Supreme Court said legislation authorizing civil actions after the close of statutory limits for occupational disease claims applies to illnesses discovered after the law was enacted in 2019. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: Exclusivity Doesn't Apply to Estate Time-Barred From Pursuing Disease Claim | 01/24/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Exclusive remedy does not prohibit the estate of a deceased worker from suing the worker's former employer for negligence when the estate is otherwise time-barred from pursuing benefits under the Occupational Disease Act, a split Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Strikes Down Regulation on Compensability of Psychological Conditions | 01/13/2025 | |
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| State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled that Workforce Safety and Insurance exceeded its authority in promulgating a regulation that deprived a worker of benefits for the psychological conditions he developed after an accident left him quadriplegic. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Grants WCAB Appeal in Mayor Case | 12/18/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Supreme Court granted the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's request to review the appellate court decision prohibiting the WCAB from acting on petitions for reconsideration more than 60 days after they were filed. ...Read More | |||
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High Court to Review Applicability of Self-Dealing Prohibition to Pharmacies | 12/13/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted a petition to review a case that found the statutory prohibition on self-referrals prohibits physicians from sending injured workers to pharmacies in which they have a financial interest. ...Read More | |||
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High Court OKs Attorney Fees After Successful Appeal | 12/11/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday held that an appellate court did not err in remanding an issue of attorney fees to a trial court after it affirmed the lower court's judgment. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Denies TTD to Worker Fired for Misconduct Before Surgery | 12/03/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a worker who was terminated for misconduct could not collect temporary total disability benefits after undergoing surgery for his compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Clarifies Date Worker Became Entitled to Specific-Loss Benefits for Eye Injury | 11/08/2024 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a case of first impression, Maine’s highest court ruled that a worker was entitled to an award of specific-loss benefits for the loss of vision in his eye on the date of his injury, not the date that the extent of the loss of vision in his eye was determined. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Asked to Order WCAB Decide 'Grant for Study' Cases | 11/07/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A petition was filed with the California Supreme Court requesting a writ of mandate directing the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board to render final decisions on cases in which it granted petitions for reconsideration for further study. ...Read More | |||
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Health Care Worker Gets 0% Award for Injuries | 10/17/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an injured worker was entitled to a 0% permanent partial disability award. ...Read More | |||
