Workers' Compensation News
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Selection Commission Starts Process to Fill Comp Court Vacancy | 11/19/2021 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commission on Judicial Selection has started the process of filling a pending vacancy on the Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Committee Holds Vaccination Presumption Bill | 11/18/2021 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: ID | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Members of an Idaho Senate committee on Wednesday hit the brakes on a measure that would create a presumption that adverse reactions to employer-mandated vaccinations are compensable injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Adopts Traveling Employee Doctrine, Remands Case for Fact-Finding | 11/18/2021 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court formally adopted the traveling employee doctrine and addressed its parameters before remanding a case for further factual findings on whether a salesman abandoned his work for the day before he was injured. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Awards PTD Benefits to Worker, Upholds Denial of Reimbursement for Surgery | 11/17/2021 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to permanent total disability benefits after a back injury and several unsuccessful efforts to alleviate his pain, but he was not entitled to reimbursement for an operation. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Overturns Award to Mechanic for Wrist Injury | 11/16/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A split West Virginia Supreme Court overturned an award of benefits to a mechanic for a wrist injury suffered within days of his return to work following surgery. ...Read More | |||
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Split 9th Circuit Panel Upholds Reduction of LHWCA Attorney's Fees | 11/16/2021 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a reduction of an attorney’s hourly rate in a fee award for a Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act case. ...Read More | |||
| Sentinel Governmental Affairs Launches News Brief Page | 11/12/2021 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Sentinel Governmental Affairs announced the launch of a news briefs webpage to provide information to the Texas insurance industry, regulators, lawmakers and stakeholders. The news briefs include information from the ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Hearing-Loss Award for Longtime Factory Worker | 11/12/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld an award of benefits for a long-time factory worker with hearing loss. Case: Sol...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Authorization for Knee Replacement | 11/10/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Supreme Court of West Virginia upheld a denial of authorization for a knee replacement to an injured maintenance worker with preexisting arthritis. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Law Limiting Estate to Receipt of Funeral Expenses | 11/09/2021 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to a state law limiting a worker’s estate to the collection of funeral expenses, since she had no dependents when she was electrocuted on a construction site. ...Read More | |||
