Workers' Compensation News
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Jury Awards $606,000 for Wrongful Termination
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06/27/2007
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State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0
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Weyerhaeuser Co. was ordered to pay $606,000 to a former New Jersey box plant employee who was fired less than two months after suffering a back injury, because he failed a drug test that detected painkillers while he on light duty, according to the worker's attorney and news reports.
A C...Read More
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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.
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