Workers' Compensation News
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Parent Company of Power Plant Operator Gets New Trial on Liability for Worker's Death | 12/16/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court overturned a jury’s $150 million verdict in favor of the family of a worker killed in a power plant explosion and ordered a new trial on whether the parent company could be held liable for the worker’s death. ...Read More | |||
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Proposed Rule Would Allow Remote MMI Exams | 12/04/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Treating doctors would be allowed to perform maximum medical improvement examinations by telemedicine or telehealth under rules proposed by the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Partial Arm Amputation Leads to Fine for Flooring Manufacturer | 12/03/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal workplace safety regulators fined a hardwood flooring manufacturer in Ohio $255,528 after a 23-year-old worker suffered a partial arm amputation. ...Read More | |||
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PCRB Posts Reminder of Deadline to Request 2009 Assessment Refund | 11/07/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau announced that eligible carriers can request refunds of 2009 work comp security fund assessments through Feb. 24. ...Read More | |||
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Property Owner Not Entitled to Summary Dismissal of Suit | 10/24/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals ruled that a property owner was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing a civil suit brought by an injured employee of a contractor hired to work at the premises. ...Read More | |||
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Public University Employee Can't Maintain Tort Suit for Campus Accident | 10/11/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the dismissal of a public university worker's civil suit against his employer for injuries from a fall on a campus walkway. ...Read More | |||
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Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Meets Oct. 16 | 10/04/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee is meeting virtually on Oct. 16. The 2015 b...Read More | |||
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Privette Doctrine Shields General Contractor From Liability to Subcontractor's Employee | 09/24/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that the Privette doctrine shielded a general contractor from civil liability to a subcontractor’s injured employee. ...Read More | |||
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Pacific Workers' Law Adds Yuvanna M. Davis to Firm | 09/24/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Pacific Workers’ Compensation Law Center in Oakland hired Yuvanna M. Davis as a workers’ compensation attorney. ...Read More | |||
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Property Owners, Architect Not Liable for Labor Law Claims | 09/03/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the owners of a private residence and their architect were entitled to summary judgment dismissing the Labor Law and negligence claims against them by an injured employee of a general contractor. ...Read More | |||
