Workers' Compensation News
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Johnson & Strachan Welcomes Richard Carter
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08/01/2007
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State: NA | Segment: Business | 0
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Johnson & Strachan Inc., a full-service commercial and personal insurance agency, announced Tuesday that Richard Carter joined the firm as a commercial lines producer.
Carter joins Johnson & Strachan from the King Adkins insurance agency where he was responsible for developing new target...Read More
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Justices Send Back PD Award that Employer Protested
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07/30/2007
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State: CA | Segment: Courts | 0 | Popular with Injured worker
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The California Supreme Court Friday sent back an employer-contested apportionment award with orders that the 1st District Court make it Brodie-Welcher compatible.
The court on Friday issued the order on Shevchuk v. WCAB, A112724, after an appellate court allowed the claimant...Read More
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Justices Carve Out 'Traumatic Event' Criteria
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07/26/2007
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State: NJ | Segment: Courts | 0
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A corrections officer thrown to the ground while trying to detain an inmate suffered a traumatic event, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled.
In Richardson v. Board of Trustees, A-100, 07/24/2007, the state Supreme Court found that the claimant was wrongly denied accidental disabili...Read More
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Justices: New Injury Was Straw that Broke Plaintiff's Back
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07/25/2007
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State: CT | Segment: Courts | 0
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A claimant can receive additional benefits if an 11-year-old injury is the substantial reason that her latest injury precluded her from returning to her usual work, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled.
In Pizzuto v. Commissioner of Mental Retardation, SC 17840, 07/24/2007, the sta...Read More
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Justices: Conn. Law Doesn't Apply to N.J. Death
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07/25/2007
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State: CT | Segment: Courts | 0
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Connecticut workers' compensation law does not apply to an employee's out-of-state death because there is no connection to Connecticut, the state high court ruled.
In Johnson v. Atkinson, SC 17675, 07/24/2007, the Connecticut Supreme Court noted that the plaintiffs did not meet th...Read More
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Justices Decline to Add to PD Rating Requirement
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07/17/2007
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State: KS | Segment: Courts | 0
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The Kansas Supreme Court declined to expand the legal requirement to prove permanent partial disability, saying that a judge can make the finding without a physician's input.
The justices said that the law was clear, and that it only required that a doctor testify about a claimant's loss ...Read More
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Justices: Work Comp Panel Doesn't Have to Be Neutral
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07/10/2007
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State: AK | Segment: Courts | 0
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A workers' compensation panel does not have to be neutral by statute, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled.
In AT&T Alascom v. Orchitt, S-12058, 07/06/2007, the justices rejected AT&T's argument its due process rights were violated because the Workers' Compensation Board panel chair, ...Read More
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Justices: Statute Limiting Court's Power Unconstitutional
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07/06/2007
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State: OK | Segment: Courts | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Statutory language directing the court to decide "within the range of opinions of the treating physician and the Independent Medical Examiner" encroaches on judicial power and is unconstitutional, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled.
In Conaghan v. Riverfield Country Day School, 1039...Read More
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Justices: Marijuana Not a Factor in Injury
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07/03/2007
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State: TN | Segment: Courts | 0
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While it is possible that a sheet metal worker's marijuana smoking may have slowed his reaction time, his work-related injury that occurred the next day is compensable because he didn't have any time to react, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled.
In Interstate Mechanical Contractors Inc...Read More
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Justices Say Immunity Blocks Mental Injury Tort Route
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07/02/2007
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State: WV | Segment: Courts | 0
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The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that an employee who is precluded by law from receiving workers' compensation benefits for a mental injury without physical manifestation cannot proceed with a tort suit against his employer.
The justices applied the findings of a 2006 case about "me...Read More
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