Workers' Compensation News
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Sign Language Interpreter Can't Maintain Tort Suit Against School | 06/16/2021 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that a woman assigned to provide interpretation services to a deaf student could not maintain a tort suit against the high school for her injuries from a fall in the parking lot. ...Read More | |||
| Safety, Reimbursements in Proposal to Amend Medical Pot Law | 06/16/2021 | ||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Lawmakers in Pennsylvania on Monday introduced legislation that would free workers' compensation insurers or self-insured employers from being required to provide coverage or reimburse the cost of medical marijuana. ...Read More | |||
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Surveillance of Worker Selling Snacks Disproves Claim of Inability to Work | 06/14/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker forfeited his entitlement to benefits by misrepresenting his capabilities when video surveillance disproved his claim that he was unable to work. ...Read More | |||
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Study: Workers' Comp Claims Jumped 34% in 2020 | 06/11/2021 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Despite the economic fallout during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Texas Department of Insurance says workers’ compensation claims rose 34% last year, according to a recently released s...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Worker's Tort Claims | 06/08/2021 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s tort claims for injuries from a hydrogen gas explosion that occurred on the job. ...Read More | |||
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Staph Infection Presumption Measure Heading to Governor | 06/08/2021 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Illinois lawmakers have passed a bill that would create a rebuttable presumption that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is compensable for firefighters, emergency medical technicians and paramedics. ...Read More | |||
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State Lawmakers Reject Presumption Expansion for Hospital Workers | 06/07/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate voted down a bill that would have created presumptions that infectious diseases, post-traumatic stress disorder, musculoskeletal injuries and some respiratory illnesses are compensable for hospital workers who provide direct patient care. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Denies Benefits to Clerical Worker With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | 06/07/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that an obese clerical employee was not entitled to benefits for her bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome that she blamed on her repetitive work activities. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Denies Benefits to Worker With Alleged Inhalation Injury | 06/04/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to a worker for his inhalation injury claim after he was allegedly exposed to toxic chemicals at work. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Worker's Request for Additional Benefits | 06/02/2021 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that a lineman was not entitled to additional benefits, penalties or vocational rehabilitation after he suffered the amputation of his leg below the knee. ...Read More | |||
