Workers' Compensation News
June, July Cases to Be Set for August Docket | 07/06/2020 | ||
State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
Cases that were postponed from June because of the pandemic will now be set for August to help avoid a backlog, the North Carolina Industrial Commission said in a bulletin. ...Read More | |||
Judge Properly Allocated Part of Worker's Settlement to Wife During Divorce Proceedings | 06/26/2020 | ||
Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled that part of an injured worker’s settlement was properly allocated to his wife as part of his divorce proceedings. ...Read More | |||
Judge Upholds Injunction in ExamWorks Lawsuit; Defendants Say it Defies State Law​ | 06/11/2020 | ||
By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A federal judge in California has ruled against four defendants who allegedly stole trade secrets from a medical supply company after she upheld an injunction that prevents them from doing business with clients or entities they knew while employed by the company. ...Read More | |||
Judge Must Revisit Findings of Compensability | 06/04/2020 | ||
State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals overturned an award of permanent total disability benefits to a worker for his alleged cumulative trauma injury because of inconsistent findings. ...Read More | |||
Judge Tosses Paralegal's Retaliation Suit Against Firm | 06/03/2020 | ||
State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A Delaware Superior Court judge threw out a paralegal’s lawsuit against his employer for allegedly retaliating against him for pursuing a workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
Judge Can Determine Worker's MMI Date | 06/02/2020 | ||
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The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled en banc that an administrative law judge can determine whether a worker has reached maximum medical improvement and set the permanent impairment rating if the employer has overcome an independent medical examiner’s opinion. ...Read More | |||
Judge in Wrongful Death Suit Needs to Revisit Calculation of Attorney Fee, Liens | 05/29/2020 | ||
State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Tennessee Court of Appeals ordered recalculation of the attorney fee and subrogation liens payable in a wrongful death case for a worker killed by a cement mixer truck. ...Read More | |||
Judge Errs in Reinstating Self-Represented Worker's Case | 05/19/2020 | ||
State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a judge could not reinstate a self-represented worker’s claim based solely upon a letter requesting relief from a prior order of dismissal. ...Read More | |||
Judge Temporarily Halts Commission's COVID-19 Presumption Rule | 04/27/2020 | ||
State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A circuit court judge has issued a temporary restraining order, halting the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission's coronavirus emergency presumption rule, a rule that some had considered to be the most sweeping in the nation. ...Read More | |||
Judge Orders Release of Convicted Comp Doctor Because of COVID-19 Concerns | 04/10/2020 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A doctor who once treated injured workers in New York has been ordered released from prison because of the coronavirus epidemic. A federal judge ...Read More | |||