Workers' Compensation News
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Surveillance Footage of Worker Belies Representation of Condition | 07/09/2021 | |
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| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that a worker forfeited his entitlement to benefits because he was captured on film walking and moving in ways that he said he could not. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Worker's Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction | 07/07/2021 | |
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| The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker’s appeal was properly dismissed because he filed in a district court that lacked jurisdiction over his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Employer's Obligation to Reopen Claims | 07/07/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that employers must reopen compensable claims for processing when a denial is set aside after closure. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Revives Claim Against Estate of Truck Driver Trainer | 07/06/2021 | |
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| A divided Alabama Supreme Court revived a lawsuit against the estate of a truck driver for an accident that killed her and injured a trainee who was her passenger. ...Read More | |||
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State Fund Qualifies as 'Victim' Entitled to Restitution From Criminal Defendants | 07/01/2021 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Supreme Court ruled that the Montana State Fund qualified as a “victim” entitled to restitution from a criminal defendant who assaulted a peace officer, but excused the defendant from paying saying it would cause her unjust hardship. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Tosses Ex-Comp Commissioner's $1.5 Million Discrimination Award | 07/01/2021 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a $1.5 million jury verdict for former Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Christopher Godfrey, finding that former Gov. Terry Branstad had not unlawfully discriminated against him because of his sexual orientation. ...Read More | |||
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Senator Adds Prospective Coverage Language to PTSD Bill | 06/30/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California state Sen. Henry Stern amended Senate Bill 284 to add language that would make the proposed expansion of the presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable apply only prospectively. ...Read More | |||
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State Has Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Employer | 06/29/2021 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that the state had specific personal jurisdiction over a Missouri-based employer for its alleged retaliatory discharge of an Illinois resident for filing a workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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Staffing Agency Doesn't Have to Defend Client From Wrongful Death Claim | 06/29/2021 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that a personnel staffing agency and its insurance carrier were not obligated to indemnify and defend a client company from a wrongful death suit after a student was killed. ...Read More | |||
| State Adopts Federal Safety Rules in Health Care | 06/29/2021 | ||
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| The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations on Thursday announced that the state is adopting the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s emergency temporary standard that addressed workplace safety in the health care sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...Read More | |||
