Workers' Compensation News
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Injured Worker Can Proceed With Labor Law Claim Against Homeowner | 03/11/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of partial summary judgment that allowed a worker to proceed with his Labor Law action against one of two homeowners. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Commissioner Announces Reappointments | 03/07/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced reappointments to organizations that influence policy and regulation of the workers' compensation industry in the Golden State. ...Read More | |||
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Insurer Can Pursue Malpractice Claim Against Attorneys | 02/29/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a retrocession insurer can pursue a malpractice claim against the lawyers who represented its insured in a personal injury action. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Retains Burden to Show Labor Market Attachment | 02/27/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker was not relieved of his burden to show attachment to the labor market, and substantial evidence supported a finding that he had voluntarily removed himself from it. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Paramedic Waits Too Long to Request Additional Benefits | 02/06/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that an injured firefighter paramedic was time-barred from pursuing applications for additional benefits more than six years after he returned to full-duty employment after fracturing his hip. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Gets No Recovery on Tort Claim | 01/30/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an entry of judgment against an injured worker, finding the accident that injured him wasn't caused by the negligence of the transit authority whose bus struck the elevated lift in which he was standing. ...Read More | |||
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Investigators: Business Owner Short-Changed Carriers by $100k in Comp Premiums | 01/30/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Investigators with the state Department of Financial Services announced that the owner of a south Florida construction company was arrested on suspicion of concealing more than $2 million in payroll to avoid higher workers' compensation premiums. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Not Entitled to Additional TTD for Depression | 01/25/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a denial of temporary total disability benefits to an injured worker for her depression. Case: Sta...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Entitled to Additional TTD, Change in Doctors | 01/22/2024 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld an award of additional temporary total disability benefits to an injured worker, as well as an order for him to change authorized treating physicians. ...Read More | |||
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IAIABC Opens Registration for 2024 Forum | 12/19/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions opened registration for its 2024 Forum, set for April 8-10 in Cincinnati. ...Read More | |||
