Workers' Compensation News
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Senate Passes PTSD Presumption, UR Licensing Measures | 05/24/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate passed bills that would require that some utilization reviewers be licensed in the state and would extend a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable to additional public safety workers. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Comp Board Can't Decide Appropriate Scope of Chiropractic Treatment | 05/23/2023 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court unanimously upheld a determination that the state Workers' Compensation Board did not have jurisdiction to determine a chiropractor's scope of practice and that an employer had to pay for the treatment. ...Read More | |||
| Supreme Court Says Worker's Fiancee May Qualify for Death Benefits as 'Family Member' | 05/19/2023 | ||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a worker’s fiancée should have been given the opportunity to prove she was a “family member,” wholly dependent on the worker, who was therefore entitled to benefits after he was killed in a trench collapse. ...Read More | |||
| Self-Employed Worker Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 05/18/2023 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a self-employed worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim based on his fall from a ladder he had furnished himself. ...Read More | |||
| Split Supreme Court Says Employer Can't Subrogate Against Worker's Dram Shop Act Recovery | 05/18/2023 | ||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that an employer who paid Heart Lung Act benefits to a police officer is not entitled to subrogation from the officer’s recovery on a claim that asserted negligence and Dram Shop Act-based liability on a third-party motorist. ...Read More | |||
| Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Denial of Benefits for Worker's Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | 05/16/2023 | ||
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld the denial of benefits for a fire boss’ carpal tunnel syndrome. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says Estate Can't Get Worker's Loss-of-Use Benefits After Her Death | 05/15/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the employer of a worker who died of her compensable injuries without any heirs was liable only for the payment of her reasonable funeral expenses to her estate. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Coal Miner's Request to Reopen Claim for Knee Injury | 05/12/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a denial of a coal miner's request to reopen his claim for a right knee injury after he underwent a knee replacement. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Claim by Mine Worker With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | 05/11/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits for a mine worker with carpal tunnel syndrome, finding his condition predated his latest employment. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request to Add Spondylosis to Claim | 05/10/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of a worker’s request to add lumbar spondylosis to her established claim for a back injury due to a lack of evidence of a causal connection between the condition and her injury. ...Read More | |||
