Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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JCC Errs in Failing to Find Worker's Claim for Additional Benefits Untimely | 05/24/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that a judge erred in failing to find that a worker’s claim for additional benefits was time-barred. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Must Determine Whether to Penalize Employer's Refusal to Pay for Pot | 05/21/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Pennsylvania appellate court on Monday ordered a workers’ compensation judge to determine whether an employer should be penalized for failing to reimburse an injured worker for medical cannabis. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Errs in Consolidating Worker's Civil Suit With Putative Employer's Appeal | 04/30/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a trial judge erred in consolidating a worker’s civil suit with his putative employer’s challenge to an administrative finding that the worker was not its employee. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Did Not Err in Declining to Issue Jury Interrogatories Proposed by Employer | 04/17/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a jury’s determination that a worker was entitled to expand the scope of his workers’ compensation claim, finding no error in the trial judge’s decision not to issue the interrogatories proposed by the employer. ...Read More | |||
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Judge to Revisit Fee Award Prompted by Employer's Partially Unreasonable Contest of Claim | 04/11/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania overturned an award of attorney fees to an injured worker and ordered a judge to reconsider what the employer should pay, given that its challenge to the claim was unreasonable for a limited period. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Fails to Make Adequate Findings That Support Denial of Employer's Motion | 01/10/2024 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled that a trial judge failed to make adequate findings to support a denial of an employer’s request to be relieved from liability. ...Read More | |||
