Workers' Compensation News
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Study: Apprentice Plumbers Have Lower Rates of Injuries | 02/03/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Journey-level plumbers who underwent apprenticeship training had fewer industrial injuries and workers’ compensation claims than their colleagues with no apprenticeship training, according to a study out of Washington state. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Revives Worker's Request to Expand Scope of Claim | 02/02/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court revived a worker’s request to expand the scope of his claim to include additional knee conditions. Cas...Read More | |||
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Senate Unanimously Passes Bills to Expand Cancer, Mental Health Coverage | 02/01/2023 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Senate unanimously passed bills that would expand the types of cancers presumed compensable for first responders and provide coverage for anxiety and depressive disorders. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Addition of Mental Conditions to Worker's Claim | 02/01/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a decision to expand a worker’s claim to include her diagnoses of major depressive and generalized anxiety disorders. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Increase in Worker's PPD Award | 01/31/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the increase in a worker’s permanent partial disability award based on the relative credibility and persuasiveness of the medical opinions. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds PPD Award for Worker Who Fell on Sidewalk | 01/30/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld an award of permanent partial disability benefits for a worker who fell on the sidewalk outside her workplace. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Finding of Compensability for Server Who Fell at Work | 01/27/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a determination that a server was entitled to benefits for her injuries from a fall after she became overheated at work and lost her balance. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Worker's Request for Replacement Spinal Cord Stimulator Battery | 01/26/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker with an authorized spinal cord stimulator was not entitled to a replacement battery for the device. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgment Upheld for Worker Who Allegedly Fell | 01/25/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a claim by a worker who allegedly fell off a ladder. Case: Stewart v. Brookfield ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Worker With Preexisting Conditions | 01/24/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to a health care worker for her back conditions, finding they had not arisen out of a workplace accident. ...Read More | |||
