Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Says Worker's Status as Employee or Contractor Is Not for Jury to Decide | 05/03/2023 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the estate of a worker who brought a common law negligence action against the entity for whom he worked was not entitled to a jury trial on the question of whether he was an employee or independent contractor. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Multifaceted Comp Bill | 04/26/2023 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado state House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would extend the limit on workers’ compensation claims for mental impairment to 36 weeks from 12 weeks. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Clarifies Burden for Employer to Avoid Heart Disease Presumption | 04/25/2023 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An employer attempting to bar a police officer from relying on a presumption that a disabling heart disease arose out of employment must show the officer failed to address correctable predisposing conditions, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Affirms Finding That Worker's Hearing Loss Wasn't Caused by Industrial Noise | 04/24/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a denial of benefits for a worker’s hearing loss claim. Case: Fragmin v. TC En...Read More | |||
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High Court Says Retail Worker Can't Sue Employer for Mishandling Dog-Bite Incident | 04/21/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act barred a retail worker from suing her employer for mishandling an incident where she was bitten by a customer’s dog. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Denial of Additional Benefits, Treatment for Injured Coal Miner | 04/18/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld the denial of additional treatment and benefits for an injured coal miner, as well as the closure of his claim. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Physician Assistant Treatment Authorization Bill | 04/11/2023 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon state House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that would allow physician assistants to treat injured workers and authorize temporary disability under the same rules that apply to nurse practitioners. ...Read More | |||
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Hearing Set for Bill to Exclude TD Duration for Overturned Treatment Denial | 04/10/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers are scheduled later this month to hear testimony on a measure that would exclude from the cap on benefit duration the amount of time spent waiting for a treatment denial to be overturned. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Compensability of Electrician's Leukemia From Benzene Exposure | 04/10/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld an award of benefits to an electrician who developed leukemia after years of exposure to benzene. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes First Responder Benefits Bill | 04/06/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas state House of Representatives on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that would require local governments to provide full-pay salary continuation benefits to injured first responders for up to a year, and would revise some statutes presuming certain conditions are compensable for firef...Read More | |||
