Workers' Compensation News
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Labor Commission Must Reconsider Whether to Rescind Approval of Settlement | 01/30/2025 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Utah Court of Appeals ordered the Labor Commission to reconsider whether it should rescind its approval of a settlement agreement between a worker and his employer because of their disagreement over the payment obligations. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Propose Definition of Heart Disease for Presumption | 01/29/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida lawmakers introduced bills that appear to answer the state fire marshal's call to revise the definition of heart disease for the purpose of a law that presumes certain conditions are compensable for first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Partial Summary Judgment | 01/27/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should have been granted summary judgment on some of a worker’s claims, but the remaining claims were properly allowed to proceed. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Partial Summary Judgment But No Sanctions | 01/21/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant was entitled to partial summary judgment dismissing the claims against it, but it was not entitled to sanctions for the spoliation of evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Proposes Tightening Causation Standards, Lowering Benefits | 01/14/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Republican lawmaker introduced bills that would tighten Illinois' causation standards, reduce certain schedule loss of use awards to what they were two decades ago and require reducing work comp benefits owed to those who have suffered a subsequent injury. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Summary Judgment | 01/13/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court waded through a host of claims related to a worker’s alleged construction-site injuries and found that one party was entitled to summary judgment on the claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Seeks to Clarify Mental Stress Coverage | 01/08/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York lawmaker proposed language to clarify a 2024 measure expanding coverage for mental stress. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Summary Judgment | 12/24/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claims against it but that the trial justice erred in vacating a prior grant of partial summary judgment against two other defendants. ...Read More | |||
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LWCC Acquiring Prescient National | 12/20/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corp. announced that it is acquiring North Carolina-based work comp carrier Prescient National. "The a...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Announces Cold Weather Safety Rules | 12/18/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York State Department of Labor on Tuesday announced new guidance for employers to protect outdoor workers during extreme cold weather. D...Read More | |||
