Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits to Worker With Long History of Back Issues | 04/20/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a denial of benefits for a worker with a long history of back issues for his most recent claim of injury. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Unexpectedly Delays Sunset Review Date for TDI, DWC | 04/20/2023 | |
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| Source: Steve Nichols, News Contributor | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Senate unanimously passed an amended bill that would delay by four years the scheduled sunset review for the Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation, Office of Public Insurance Counsel and Office of Injured Employee Counsel. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Won't Expand Scope of Worker's Claim to Include Anxiety Disorder | 04/19/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of an electrician’s request to expand the scope of his workers’ compensation claim to include generalized anxiety disorder. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Committee Approves PTSD Expansion, System Study | 04/17/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement unanimously passed bills that would expand the post-traumatic stress disorder presumption and require a study into whether California’s workers’ compensation system treats men and women differently. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Surgery, Additional Benefits for Worker With Wrist Injury | 04/17/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for surgery and additional benefits for a wrist injury. Cas...Read More | |||
| Split Supreme Court Upholds Denial of PTD Benefits for Knee Injury | 04/14/2023 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of permanent disability benefits to a mine worker for a knee injury. ...Read More | |||
| Staffing Company, Employee Not Liable for Injury | 04/14/2023 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that a staffing company and its employee were entitled to summary judgment dismissing a tort claim by an injured worker who was a borrowed co-employee from a different staffing company. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Award for Worker's Back Injury Without Apportionment | 04/13/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld an award of benefits to an injured worker without apportioning any of his impairment to a preexisting degenerative back condition. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Overturns Denial of Benefits for Worker With Back Injury | 04/12/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court overturned a denial of benefits to a mine worker for his back injuries from exiting a mantrip. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Says Voluntary Separation Isn't Spousal Desertion | 04/11/2023 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a married couple's separation did not result in spousal desertion, so the husband remained entitled to benefits after the wife died from a drug overdose. ...Read More | |||
