Workers' Compensation News
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Justices Leave Non-Symptomatic Apportionment Intact
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06/22/2007
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State: CA | Segment: Courts | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The California Supreme Court has refused to hear an apportionment case for a pre-existing arthritis that was non-symptomatic.
The justices on Wednesday denied writ of Larry Gossett's petition for review of a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board ruling. The board apportioned Gossett's perm...Read More
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Judge Accused of Sexual Advance Resigns
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06/22/2007
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State: NM | Segment: Other | 0
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A New Mexico workers' compensation judge who was accused of making sexual advances toward an injured worker in a case he was mediating resigned his post, the Albuquerque Journal reported Thursday.
Chris Berkheimer told the newspaper in a copyright story that the accusations are "not true ...Read More
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Justices: Fitness Trainer Doing Workout Was AOE/COE
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06/18/2007
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State: NH | Segment: Courts | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that the exclusion of compensability for workplace accidents for "athletic/recreational activities" is ambiguous as it relates to a fitness trainer who works out during his normal shift.
The fitness trainer in the case ruptured a bicep while doing a ...Read More
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JUA Approves Reorganization Road Map
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06/13/2007
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State: FL | Segment: Top | 0
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The governing board of the Florida Workers' Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (FWCJUA) unanimously adopted a reorganization plan Tuesday, paving the way for the residual carrier's conversion to a tax-exempt entity.
The board voted to approve the plan during a meeting at its Saraso...Read More
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Justices: Bad Faith Requires a Reason for Delay
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06/13/2007
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State: SD | Segment: Courts | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Employers and insurers must know there is an unreasonable delay in payments to satisfy a claim of bad faith, the high court of South Dakota ruled.
In McDowell v. Citicorp Inc., 23925-a-JKK, 06/06/2007, the South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that the claimant also did not explain wha...Read More
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JUA Board Tackles Blueprint for Reorganization
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06/12/2007
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State: FL | Segment: Politics | 0
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The governing board of the Florida Workers' Compensation Joint Underwriting Association meets today to approve the blueprint for its own reorganization -- as part a legislative mandate to make it ready to apply for tax-exempt status by Jan. 1.
FWCJUA Executive Director Laura Torrence said...Read More
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Judge Suspended after Alleged Sexual Proposal
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06/11/2007
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State: NM | Segment: Other | 0
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The New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration placed a judge on paid administrative leave while it investigates an allegation that he made a sexual proposal to a female injured worker, the Albuquerque Journal reported in a copyrighted story on Friday.
Chris Berkheimer, a former cong...Read More
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Jury Awards $9M to Factory Workers Exposed to Glue
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06/01/2007
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State: MS | Segment: Courts | 0
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A Mississippi jury awarded more than $9 million to sickened employees of a furniture maker who they accused of ignoring complaints about the danger of a glue they used in an unventilated work area.
The jury awarded compensatory damages of $1.925 million and punitive damages of $7.5 milli...Read More
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Justices Further Define 'Vehicle of Employer'
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06/01/2007
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State: WY | Segment: Courts | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A bus that is paid for by another company and is not an employer-mandated form of transportation is not considered a vehicle of a claimant's employer, the Wyoming Supreme Court decided Wednesday.
The justices reasoned that an injury suffered on such a bus is not compensable.
In ...Read More
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Judge Thinks Ruling Is Trouble for Ky. Sports Venues
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05/30/2007
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State: KY | Segment: Courts | 0
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One judge warned in a new ruling by the Kentucky Court of Appeals that all sporting venues may have to pick up the cost of workers' compensation coverage on their vendors' staffs.
Senior Judge David Buckingham dissented from a majority opinion in an injury accident at Churchill Downs. The ...Read More
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