Workers' Compensation News
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No Additional Benefits for Teacher Whose Claim 'Evolved' From Knee Injury to Multiple Conditions | 01/25/2024 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a limited award of benefits to an injured special education teacher who underwent years of treatment for her knee, back and upper extremities. ...Read More | |||
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No Increase in IR, Additional Benefits, Cannabis Reimbursement for Worker | 01/10/2024 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Mexico Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to a higher impairment rating or additional benefits, nor was he entitled to reimbursement for medical cannabis. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits to Nurse for COVID-19 Infection | 01/09/2024 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Superior Court of Delaware upheld the denial of benefits to a nurse for her COVID-19 infection, finding it was more likely than not she had contracted the disease from her son than from her work. ...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Alleged Concrete Hose Mishap | 01/08/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for alleged injuries from pulling a concrete hose. ...Read More | |||
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No Total Industrial Disability Rating for 9/11 Clean-Up Worker | 01/08/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who participated in the World Trade Center terrorist attack clean-up efforts was not entitled to be classified as having a total industrial disability. ...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Worker's Slip and Fall | 12/22/2023 | |
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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 injuries from an alleged slip-and-fall accident. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker Rendered Paraplegic in Fall From Roof | 12/20/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a denial of relief to a paraplegic worker challenging a determination that he was not an employee of his alleged employer at the time of his accident. ...Read More | |||
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No Indemnity Benefits for Worker, but Employer Must Pay for Shoulder Surgery | 12/18/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for indemnity benefits for a shoulder injury but ruled that his employer was liable for the full treatment from the doctor who operated. ...Read More | |||
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No Industrial Disability Retirement for Cop Terminated for Misconduct | 12/14/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a former police officer who was terminated for cause was not entitled to an industrial disability retirement. ...Read More | |||
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No Enhanced Award of Benefits for Worker Injured in Hydraulic Press Accident | 12/06/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a denial of an enhanced award of benefits to a worker whose hand was crushed by a hydraulic press. Case: ...Read More | |||
