Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Upholds Denial for Worker's Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | 01/31/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of benefits for a worker’s carpal tunnel syndrome because the onset of his condition and his diagnosis predated his date of hire with his most recent employer. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Denial of Class Certification in Anticompetition Action | 01/30/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the denial of class certification to a group of chiropractors accusing the state’s largest health insurer and claims administrator of anticompetitive behavior. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Declines to Review Dispute Over Continued Medical Care | 01/29/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oklahoma Supreme Court last week declined an invitation to review an appellate court decision holding that the Workers’ Compensation Court of Existing Claims can review issues involving continuing medical maintenance at any time. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Says Labor Law Does Not Cover Ordinary Vehicle Repair Work | 12/22/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York’s highest court ruled that the Labor Law was not intended to cover ordinary vehicle repair work. Case: Stoneham v. Jo...Read More | |||
| Hospital Can't Pursue Patients' Assigned Comp Claims as Breach of Contract Actions | 11/29/2023 | ||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division ruled that a hospital could not attempt to recast its patients' assigned claims for workers' compensation benefits as breach of contract claims against an employer’s insurance carrier. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Clarifies Course of Employment Under Authorized Vehicle Rule | 11/27/2023 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a worker is in the course of employment when his employer authorizes a vehicle to operate for business expressly authorized by the employer. ...Read More | |||
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Homeowner Not Liable to Longtime Friend for Injuries in Tort or Under Comp Law | 11/13/2023 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Tennessee Court of Appeal ruled that a property owner was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a personal injury suit by a longtime friend who broke his neck while helping with renovations at the home. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Denies Coal Worker's Occupational Pneumoconiosis Claim | 11/06/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld the denial of benefits to a coal miner for his occupational pneumoconiosis claim. Case:...Read More | |||
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High Court Rejects Worker's Occupational Pneumoconiosis Claim | 10/31/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s occupational pneumoconiosis claim based on his alleged exposure to dust. ...Read More | |||
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Highway Worker's Widow Gets Benefits for Fatal Cardiac Event | 10/30/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an award of death benefits to the widow of a worker for a cardiac event caused, in part, by his strenuous work. ...Read More | |||
