Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Upholds Forfeiture of Officer's Pension Benefits Due to Fraud Conviction | 09/08/2022 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Massachusetts’ highest court upheld the forfeiture of a former correctional officer’s retirement allowance based on his commission of workers’ compensation fraud after he retired from duty. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Orders Suspension of Attorney Who Abandoned Comp Client | 08/24/2022 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court last week upheld a five-year suspension for a Louisville-area attorney who had already been suspended from the practice of law for mishandling a client’s appeal and his firm's finances. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Clarifies Hiring Party's Lack of Duty to Employees of Independent Contractor | 08/18/2022 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Maryland’s highest court ruled that the party that hires an independent contractor does not owe a duty of care to an employee of the contractor for injuries caused by the contractor's negligence. ...Read More | |||
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Husband Did Not Desert Worker Prior to Her Death by Overdose | 07/27/2022 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a judge’s determination that a worker’s husband had not deserted her prior to her death from a drug overdose. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Denial of PTD for Hospital Worker's Post-Assault Psych Conditions | 07/25/2022 | |
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| State: SD | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The South Dakota Supreme Court upheld the denial of permanent total disability benefits for a hospital worker who claimed to suffer psychological conditions after being attacked by two patients. ...Read More | |||
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Home Health Worker Pleads Guilty to Fraud | 07/20/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Offices of the New York State Inspector General announced that a home health worker who was paid more than $6,000 for services that were never provided pleaded guilty to fraud, according to local media reports. ...Read More | |||
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Homeowners' Exemption in Labor Law Applies to Religious Organization | 07/08/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a religious organization was entitled to protection under the homeowners' exemption to the Labor Law. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Declines Request to Appoint Comp Judge | 06/29/2022 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oklahoma Supreme Court denied a request to make an emergency appointment so that the Workers’ Compensation Court of Existing Claims can continue hearing cases after its lone judge terms out Friday. ...Read More | |||
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Hospital Entitled to Dismissal of Injured Laser Technician's Tort Suit | 06/28/2022 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld a determination that a hospital qualified as the statutory employer of an injured laser technician who was bringing equipment to the facility as part of her job for her direct employer. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Finds Worker's Narcotic Pain Medication No Longer Compensable | 06/27/2022 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Supreme Court upheld a determination that an injured worker’s prescribed narcotic pain medications were no longer compensable. ...Read More | |||
