Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Clarifies Requirements for Commission to Find 'Good Grounds' for Reconsideration | 05/20/2022 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a case of first impression, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the Industrial Commission need not expressly state that it found good grounds to reconsider a deputy’s decision, nor does it need to expressly identify the grounds on which it relied. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Says UIM Carrier Doesn't Have to Cover Accident Caused by Employer | 05/16/2022 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Supreme Court maintained its precedent that employees are not legally entitled to recover from their employers and cannot make a claim under their uninsured motorist coverage for work-related accidents. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Federal Firefighter Presumption | 05/13/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would create a presumption that certain health conditions arose from employment as a federal worker engaged in fire protection activities. ...Read More | |||
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Hartwig: Never Mind the Naysayers, 'Let Good Times Roll' for Comp | 05/12/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A long-time presenter at the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s annual meeting told attendees on Wednesday that media reports about a stagnating economy, rising interest rates and inflation, growing numbers of disgruntled workers and the threat of war in Europe have led to inaccur...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Application of Multiplier to Worker's Benefits for Separate Injuries | 05/04/2022 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld the application of a statutory three-multiplier to the separate weekly rates of benefits awarded to an injured worker for two work-related injuries that occurred 85 days apart. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Says Worker Can't Challenge Reversal of Summary Judgment | 05/03/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New York’s highest court ruled that a worker could not challenge an Appellate Division order denying him partial summary judgment and that the Appellate Division order upholding a jury’s verdict for the defendant in his Labor Law action was proper. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Worker Injured While Removing Bird Nest | 05/03/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York’s highest court ruled that a maintenance worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a ladder while removing a bird's nest from over the doorway to a building. ...Read More | |||
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Health Care Worker Kicked by Patient Not Entitled to Larger PPD Award | 04/28/2022 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an injured health care worker was not entitled to a greater permanent partial disability award than the 2% award she received after being kicked by a patient. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Clarifies Workers' Entitlement to SLU Awards for Multiple Injuries | 04/25/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York’s highest court ruled that a worker can receive a schedule loss of use award for different injuries to the same statutory member, and if the second injury has caused an increased loss of use, the worker is entitled to a commensurate SLU award. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds PPD Award to Nurse With Preexisting Back Issues | 04/07/2022 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a 4% permanent partial disability award to an injured nurse with preexisting lumbar spine conditions. ...Read More | |||
