Workers' Compensation News
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NCCI Opens Registration for AIS | 02/02/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance opened registration for its Annual Issues Symposium being held May 9-11 in Orlando, Florida. ...Read More | |||
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No Additional Compensation for Assembly Line Worker With Knee Injuries | 02/01/2022 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Delaware Superior Court judge upheld a denial of additional compensation to an assembly line worker who suffered two knee injuries but was able to return to full-time work. ...Read More | |||
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Neighboring State's Law Governs Enforceability of Contract's Mutual Indemnity Provision | 02/01/2022 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that its laws did not control the enforceability of a mutual indemnity and defense provision in an agreement between two companies involved in an oil-drilling operation. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker Due to Delay in Informing Employer of Injures | 01/27/2022 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits to a worker for her injuries from a car accident that she did not inform her employer of until almost two years later. ...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment for Worker Who Fell Into Empty Pool | 01/26/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from falling into an empty swimming pool. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Truck Driver With Alleged Back Injury From Heavy Lifting | 01/20/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of benefits to a truck driver for an alleged back injury from lifting a heavy box. Case: ...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment for Defendant Claiming Status as Alter Ego of Worker's Employer | 01/05/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a defendant in a tort action was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing a complaint based on its defense that it was an alter ego of an injured worker’s employer. ...Read More | |||
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New Opinion Allows Worker to Proceed With Negligence Claim | 01/04/2022 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court withdrew its prior decision on the viability of a tanning salon worker’s tort claims against her alleged employers and issued a new opinion allowing her to proceed with her negligence claims, but not her intentional infliction of emotional distress claim. ...Read More | |||
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NJCRIB Posts 2022 Manual | 01/04/2022 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The New Jersey Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau posted the 2022 edition of its Workers’ Compensation and Employers Liability Insurance Manual. ...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment for Defendant in Labor Law Claim Based on Worker's Fall | 12/23/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment to a defendant in a Labor Law action, finding a triable issue as to whether the condition of a sidewalk at a construction site was inherently dangerous. ...Read More | |||
