Workers' Compensation News
State Workplace Safety Regulators Launch Heat Illness Program | 07/20/2023 | ||
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The Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health implemented a statewide emphasis program aimed at mitigating heat-related illnesses and injuries in the workplace. ...Read More | |||
Surgeon Sentenced to 33 Months for Role in Pacific Hospital Kickback Scheme | 07/19/2023 | ||
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that a surgeon who accepted more than $315,000 in bribes and kickbacks for performing spinal surgeries at Pacific Hospital of Long Beach was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison. ...Read More | |||
Stevedoring Company Gets Summary Dismissal of Injured Longshoreman's Jones Act Claims | 07/19/2023 | ||
State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A federal appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to a stevedoring company on a longshoreman’s claim of Jones Act negligence. ...Read More | |||
SAIF Corp. Names Chief Actuarial Officer | 07/19/2023 | ||
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Olivia Keefer Oregon’s SAIF Corp. anno...Read More | |||
Split Court Revives Worker's Labor Law Claim for Foot Injury | 07/18/2023 | ||
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A divided New York appellate court revived a worker’s Labor Law claim for his foot injury. Case: Powell v. City of New York, No...Read More | |||
Supreme Court Says Foreseeability Isn't Required for Traveling Employee Rule to Apply | 07/18/2023 | ||
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The Nevada Supreme Court clarified that for a worker to be eligible for benefits under the traveling employee rule, there is no foreseeability requirement to his injury. ...Read More | |||
Split Supreme Court Revives Injured Press Operator's Intentional Tort Claim | 07/14/2023 | ||
State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A divided Michigan Supreme Court revived an injured die press operator’s intentional tort claim against his employer, finding summary judgment had been issued prematurely before the close of the discovery period. ...Read More | |||
Sean Cooper Named WCIRB Executive Vice President, Chief Actuary | 07/12/2023 | ||
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Sean Cooper was named executive vice president and chief actuary at the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California to succeed Dave Bellusci, who retired after 33 years with the bureau. ...Read More | |||
Supreme Court Rejects Exception to Exclusive Remedy in Noncompensable Claims | 07/11/2023 | ||
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The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that the Legislature did not create an exception to the exclusive remedy provision of the workers' compensation law for those whose claims are deemed noncompensable on "major contributing cause" grounds. ...Read More | |||
Sawmill Operator Fined $184,385 Following Death Investigation | 07/10/2023 | ||
State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined the operator of sawmills in several states $184,385, saying that its failure to follow safety standards resulted in the death of a worker. ...Read More | |||