Workers' Compensation News
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Pandemic Liability Protection Act Bars Widow's Claim Against Husband's Employer | 03/17/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a widow’s claim against her late husband’s employer for his death from COVID-19 as barred by state law. ...Read More | |||
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Police Officer Timely Files Claim for PTSD Years After Triggering Event | 03/13/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a police officer timely filed his claim for post-traumatic stress disorder almost a decade after the event that triggered his condition. ...Read More | |||
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Payment of Cop's Salary Doesn't Constitute Acceptance of Liability for COVID-19 Infection | 03/13/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a police officer’s receipt of his full salary for a period after contracting COVID-19 was not an acknowledgment of compensability for his condition. ...Read More | |||
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Pinnacol Board Chair Says Change Needed to Help Struggling Carrier | 03/12/2025 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The chairwoman of the board of directors for Colorado's Pinnacol Assurance penned an op-ed for the Denver Post saying changes are needed for the quasi-public insurer to...Read More | |||
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Pharmacist to Serve 17 Years, Forfeit $405M for Compound Drug Scheme | 03/12/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a Texas pharmacist was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for his role in a compound drug scheme targeting injured federal workers. ...Read More | |||
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Payment of Cop's Salary Not Acceptance of Liability for COVID-19 Infection | 03/05/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a city’s payment of a police officer’s salary while he was on excused time due to a COVID-19 infection was not an acceptance of liability for a work-related illness. ...Read More | |||
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Plaintiff Can't Amend Lawsuit Against Contractors to Allege Comp Violations | 02/14/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate affirmed a determination that a plaintiff could not amend his complaint against contractors for unfinished work to add allegations that they were uninsured and unlicensed. ...Read More | |||
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Pain Complaint Supports Compensability Finding for Repetitive Trauma Claim | 02/04/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Illinois appellate court said an injured worker's subjective complaint of pain was sufficient evidence to support a determination that her repetitive trauma claim was compensable. ...Read More | |||
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P&T Discussion Shows More Questions Than Answers About Cannabis in Comp | 01/16/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Members of a panel created to advise California work comp regulators about updates to the state's prescription drug formulary on Wednesday appeared to have more questions than answers about cannabis to treat occupational injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Property Owner Not Liable for Worker's Death in Trench Collapse | 01/10/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld summary judgment that found a property owner was not liable for the death of a worker in a trench collapse. ...Read More | |||
