Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Upholds Denial of PTD Benefits Under Odd-Lot Doctrine | 01/05/2023 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wyoming Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for permanent disability benefits under the odd-lot doctrine. Ca...Read More | |||
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High Court Clarifies PPD Benefit Rate Calculation for Workers With Concurrent Jobs | 01/04/2023 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Supreme Court decided that the Workers' Compensation Court erred when it ruled that a permanently partially disabled worker's aggregate wages, calculated at the time of injury, are used to determine the permanent partial disability benefit rate regardless of actual wage l...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Worker With PTSD | 12/12/2022 | |
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| State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The North Dakota Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits for a worker with development post-traumatic stress disorder after he suffered physical injuries from being crushed by a 2,000-pound trailer. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Clarifies 'Definite Proof' Standard for Hernia Claims | 12/05/2022 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In a case of first impression, Maryland’s highest court ruled that the "definite proof” that a worker must show in a hernia claim applies to the quality of evidence that he must submit as part of his burden of production. ...Read More | |||
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Home Depot Asks High Court to Find Exclusivity Bars Negligence Claim for Dog Bite | 12/01/2022 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| 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 | |||
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High Court Upholds Denial of Nurse's Claim of Back Injury | 11/23/2022 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| 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 | |||
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High Court Says Workers Have Immunity From Colleague's Civil Suit | 11/18/2022 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| 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 | |||
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High Court Tosses Former Pro Soccer Player's Claim for Post-Concussive Injury | 11/16/2022 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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 | |||
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Houston Business Convicted of WC Fraud | 11/14/2022 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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 | |||
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High Court Says Unaccrued Portions of Nonschedule Award Do Not Pass to Worker's Heirs | 10/31/2022 | |
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| 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 | |||
