Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Grants Review of Dispute Over Occupational Disease Act's Reach | 10/18/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on a dispute on whether an occupational disease that manifests more than four years after an employee's last exposure to hazards causing that disease is subject to the exclusive remedy mandate of the Occupational Disease Act. ...Read More | |||
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SAIF Announces $135M Dividend | 10/16/2023 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon workers’ compensation insurer SAIF Corp. is distributing a $135 million dividend to more than 52,000 policyholders. The carrier said it...Read More | |||
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Second Injury Fund Not Liable for PTD Benefits to Worker With Multiple Injuries | 10/12/2023 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a denial of permanent total disability benefits to a worker with multiple health ailments and industrial injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds Expansion of Coal Miner's Claim | 10/10/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the expansion of a coal miner’s claim to include traumatic right shoulder arthropathy. C...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Overturns Denial of Worker's Request for Injections, Claim Expansion | 10/06/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court overturned a denial of a worker’s request for additional treatment and expansion of his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Notice Requirements for Workers With Successive CWP Claims | 10/05/2023 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court clarified when a coal miner must notify his employer of an impending pneumoconiosis claim if he has previously been diagnosed and received benefits from a previous employer. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Reluctantly Finds Worker's Settlement Waived Claim for New Injury | 10/05/2023 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a worker’s failure to join a pending shoulder injury claim to a settlement for a prior injury resulted in a waiver of the shoulder claim, though the justices expressed great displeasure in reaching the conclusion. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Says BWC Can't Recover Costs for Doctor's Record Review | 10/04/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the expense paid by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation for a doctor’s record review and report cannot be encompassed in its subrogation interest. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Additional Physical Therapy for Worker | 10/04/2023 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wyoming Supreme Court upheld the denial of additional physical therapy to an injured worker. Case: Bressler v. State of W...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of MRI for Worker With Back Injury | 10/04/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of authorization for a second magnetic resonance imaging scan for a worker with a back injury. ...Read More | |||
