Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Authorization for Carpenter's 7th Surgery | 01/24/2022 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of authorization for a carpenter’s seventh surgery to address an elbow injury. Case:...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits to Widow of Worker With Pneumoconiosis | 01/21/2022 | |
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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’s widow, finding the man had occupational pneumoconiosis, but the condition did not materially contribute to his death. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Awards Benefits to Librarian Struck by Snowplow | 01/20/2022 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that a librarian was entitled to benefits for her injuries from being struck by a snowplow as she walked from her workplace to her vehicle. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Turns Down Interlocutory Review of Motion Denial | 01/18/2022 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Supreme Court declined to review the denial of a general contractor’s motion to preclude a worker from introducing evidence of the medical and indemnity benefits he received for his injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Calculation of Carrier's Lien on 3rd-Party Recovery | 01/14/2022 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Hawaii Supreme Court clarified the process for calculating an insurance carrier’s lien against an injured worker’s third-party recovery. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Benefits for Judicial Assistant Who Fell in Sinkhole | 01/12/2022 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The Delaware Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to a court employee who fell into a sinkhole as she arrived for work. Case:...Read More | |||
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SCOTUS Agrees to Review Hanford Worker Presumption Case | 01/11/2022 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case involving a state law in Washington that created a presumption of compensability for certain conditions suffered by federal workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Approves Comp Requirement for Contractors | 01/10/2022 | |
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| The California Senate approved a bill that would expand license classifications required to file a certificate of workers’ compensation insurance with the Contractors State License Board. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Will Review Employer's Ability to Subrogate Worker's Recovery Under Dram Shop Act | 01/06/2022 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will be weighing in on whether an employer that paid Heart and Lung Act benefits is entitled to subrogation from a claim in which the employee was injured and asserted motor vehicle negligence and Dram Shop Act claims. ...Read More | |||
| Study: Gender of Evaluating Doctor Influences Likelihood of Disability Determination for Women | 12/30/2021 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An analysis of data from medical evaluations in Texas reportedly found female doctors were more likely to declare injured women disabled than male doctors. ...Read More | |||
