Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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SAIF Board Meets Wednesday | 06/02/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The board of directors for Oregon’s SAIF Corp. will hear financial reports and a review of COVID-19 claims during a meeting Wednesday morning. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Overturns PTD Award to Worker Injured in Separate Accidents | 06/01/2021 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Supreme Court unanimously overturned an award of permanent total disability benefits to a pharmaceutical sales representative who suffered two injuries that were causally related but separate in occurrence. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds Termination of Worker's Benefits | 06/01/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the termination of a man’s benefits before he was able to return to work, finding his disability was due to noncompensable conditions that predated his injury. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Reinstates Award for School Worker's Injuries | 05/28/2021 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court reinstated an award of benefits to a school employee who was injured in a fall as she returned from a smoke break off school property. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court to Address Carrier's Subrogation Right for Jones Act Benefits Paid in Error | 05/28/2021 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will weigh in on whether an insurance company lacks the right to subrogation for benefits paid to a worker under a Jones Act policy when he was found to have not been a seaman covered by the law. ...Read More | |||
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SIME Selection Panel Meeting in June, July | 05/28/2021 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The panel that selects physicians for the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board’s list of second independent medical examiners announced a schedule for summer meetings. ...Read More | |||
