Workers' Compensation News
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No Benefits for Worker's Adverse Reaction to COVID-19 Vaccine | 01/15/2025 | |
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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 benefits for her adverse reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine. Case: ...Read More | |||
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No Increase in Worker's PPD Warranted Despite Expansion of Claim | 01/09/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability rating despite the expansion of his claim to include additional conditions. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Transit Worker's COVID-19 Infection | 01/09/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the denial of benefits to a worker for his COVID-19 infection. Case: Collins v. Des Moines Are...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker Allegedly Injured Getting Off Sofa | 01/07/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim of injury from getting up from a sofa. ...Read More | |||
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No VSSR Award for Worker Who Lost Arm in Farm Machine Accident | 01/06/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for an enhanced award of benefits for the traumatic amputation of his arm, finding his accident was the result of his unilateral negligence, not his employer’s violation of any safety regulation. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Asbestos Handler With Alleged Repetitive Stress Injuries | 01/06/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of an asbestos handler’s claim of repetitive stress injuries. Case: Ma...Read More | |||
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No Additional TTD for Worker With Back Injury | 12/20/2024 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a denial of additional temporary total disability benefits for a worker’s back injury. Cas...Read More | |||
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No Award for Worker With COVID-Related Heart Condition | 12/19/2024 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker’s atrial fibrillation was related to his compensable COVID-19 infection but that he was not entitled to a permanent impairment rating. ...Read More | |||
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Nursing Home Worker Accused of Soliciting Kickbacks From Comp Physician | 12/10/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A man who ran the workers' compensation program for a nursing home in central Pennsylvania faces a conspiracy charge for allegedly soliciting kickbacks from a physician who worked at the facility, federal prosecutors announced. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Pizza Deliveryman's Alleged Injuries From Fall Off Bicycle | 12/09/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a denial of benefits to a pizza deliveryman for his alleged injuries from falling off his electric bicycle. ...Read More | |||
