Workers' Compensation News
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Injured Worker Can't Maintain Products Liability Suit Against Employer | 03/18/2021 | |
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| State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided federal appellate court ruled that a worker who collected benefits could not assert products liability and negligence claims against his former employer and the company that manufactured the equipment that caused his injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Correctional Officer Should Have Received Extra Leave Time After Assault | 03/17/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a correctional officer should have been granted a two-year leave of absence after he suffered injuries in an altercation with an inmate. ...Read More | |||
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ICA Launches 'Adjuster Subscribe' Option | 03/16/2021 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Industrial Commission of Arizona announced the launch of a new feature allowing adjusters for third-party administrators to subscribe to approved claims or cases and receive a single daily email with a listing of all documents that were added to the case in the previous 24 hours. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Can't Get Out of Settlement With State Fund | 03/11/2021 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that an injured worker was not entitled to relief from his prior settlement of a claim against the Montana State Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Commissioner Announces 4.1% Rate Cut | 03/11/2021 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon on Wednesday approved the annual loss cost filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance that will reduce state workers’ compensation rates an average of 4.1%, effective May 1. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Agent Gets 7 Years' Probation After Pleading Guilty to Fraud | 03/10/2021 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Jeffrey Alan Reichel (State of Ga. photo)...Read More | |||
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Injured Police Officer Gets Coverage for Medical Marijuana | 03/08/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a police officer was entitled to coverage for medical marijuana to treat chronic pain. ...Read More | |||
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Independent Intervening Cause Principle Inapplicable if Employee Suffers Only Increase in Pain | 03/02/2021 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Supreme Court of Tennessee’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel ruled that if a worker’s activity results in an increase in pain but there is no new injury or aggravation of a prior compensable injury, the independent intervening cause principle is not applicable to...Read More | |||
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Injured Nurse Gets Coverage for Neck Surgery, Penalty Against Employer | 03/02/2021 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that an injured nurse was entitled to an award of benefits for a neck surgery that was related to her on-the-job injury, and to an award of penalties based on her employer’s termination of benefits without reasonable cause. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Construction Worker Can't Sue Employer's Parent Company for Negligence | 02/24/2021 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a worker injured on a construction project could not proceed with a tort suit against the parent company of his direct employer because it secured workers’ compensation insurance coverage for him. ...Read More | |||
