Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Won't Allow Defendant to Challenge Widow's Standing | 02/23/2023 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alabama Supreme Court declined to grant mandamus relief to allow a defendant in a workers' compensation/wrongful death action to amend an answer to raise a previously omitted affirmative defense. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Orders Judge to Relinquish Jurisdiction Over City's Premium Dispute With BWC | 02/22/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court ordered a lower court's judge to give up jurisdiction over a city’s suit against the state Bureau of Workers' Compensation challenging its premium calculation methods. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Awards to Workers With Leukemia From Benzene Exposure | 02/17/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court issued two opinions upholding awards to chemical plant employees who developed leukemia after being exposed to benzene at work. ...Read More | |||
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Study Claims State Provided 'Very Modest' Support for Workers With COVID-19 | 02/16/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| New York’s workers’ compensation system provided only limited support for essential workers who contracted COVID-19, according to an abstract of a study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. ...Read More | |||
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Self-Insured Employer Can't Get Reimbursement of Salary Payments to Disabled Retiree | 02/15/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a self-insured municipal employer that continued to pay an injured firefighter his full salary after his duty disability retirement could not be reimbursed from his workers' compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Confirms Blissenbach as Commissioner of Labor and Industry | 02/14/2023 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Minnesota Senate on Monday confirmed the appointment of Nicole Blissenbach as commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry. ...Read More | |||
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Second Bill Allowing Child Support From Comp Benefits Introduced | 02/10/2023 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Maryland lawmakers have filed follow-up legislation to a bill introduced last month that would subject workers’ compensation benefits to child support arrearages. ...Read More | |||
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Study: Medical Marijuana Pain Patients Reduce Opioid Dependence | 02/06/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Chronic pain patients in New York were able to cut down on their use of prescription opioids when switching to medical marijuana, according to a study by the American Medical Association and published on the JAMA Network Open. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Overturns Denial of Benefits for Worker With Back Injury | 02/06/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court overturned a denial of benefits to a worker with preexisting back issues for his claimed back injury. Case:...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Overturns Denial of Worker's Claim for Neck Injury | 02/03/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that further proceedings are necessary to determine if a worker’s neck injury was compensable, given her preexisting neck problems. ...Read More | |||
