Workers' Compensation News
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Joel Sacks Reappointed as Director of L&I | 12/23/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson announced that he is reappointing Joel Sacks as director of the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. ...Read More | |||
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Judicial Selection Committee Recommends Work Comp Appeal Court Candidates | 12/20/2024 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The Minnesota Commission on Judicial Selection recommended two candidates for Gov. Tim Walz to consider for filling an upcoming vacancy on the Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals. ...Read More | |||
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Janitor Fails to Link Knee Injury to Employment | 12/12/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a janitor’s claim of injury to her knee. Case: Smith...Read More | |||
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Judge Properly Denies Leave to Amend, Summary Judgment | 11/25/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendant in a Labor Law action was properly denied leave to amend its third-party complaint and properly denied summary judgment on its third-party claim. ...Read More | |||
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Jury Says Walmart Defamed Worker Fired for Violating Restrictions, Awards $34.7M | 11/22/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 2 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Southern California jury ordered Walmart to pay $34.7 million to a truck driver after finding that the retailer defamed the employee by claiming he violated integrity rules in exceeding medical restrictions from a workplace injury. ...Read More | |||
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Judgment Making Substantive Changes to Prior Award Overturned | 11/19/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court overturned a judgment in favor of an injured worker that made substantive changes to a prior award and vacated the decision because it contained calculation errors. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Grants Summary Judgment to Worker Struck by Falling Panel | 11/05/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker struck by a falling panel should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Miscalculates Insurance Provider's Lien Against Amputee's Tort Settlement | 10/04/2024 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that a trial judge miscalculated an insurance provider’s lien against a truck driver’s third-party recovery for an accident that resulted in the loss of his legs. ...Read More | |||
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Jury Convicts Labor Organization, Owners of Fraud | 06/24/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal jury convicted a labor organization and its owners of fraud for falsely representing that national insurers backed the work comp coverage it provided in California and other jurisdictions. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Whiffs in Calculating Pro Baseball Player's Average Weekly Wage | 06/14/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that a judge of compensation claims erroneously calculated a minor league baseball player’s average weekly wage. ...Read More | |||
