Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Upholds Apportionment of Recovery Between Worker, Lien | 12/12/2022 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a circuit court properly apportioned the funds available under an automobile liability policy between an injured worker and her employer’s lien. ...Read More | |||
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San Francisco HR Department Names New Work Comp Director | 12/09/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 3 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The San Francisco Department of Human Resources announced that Julian E. Robinson will succeed Peggy Sugarman as director of workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Grants Mandamus Relief to Supervisor Accused of Willfully Causing Injury | 12/08/2022 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Alabama Supreme Court ruled that a maintenance supervisor was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claim that his hand injury was the result of the deliberate removal of a safety guard. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Carrier Lacked Standing to Intervene in Wrongful Death Claim | 12/08/2022 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that an insurance carrier did not have a right to intervene in a wrongful death case against its insured to assert a workers’ compensation immunity defense on behalf of the business. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Says Void Policy Exclusion Can't Limit Liability Coverage | 12/07/2022 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a void exclusion in an insurance policy may not be invoked to limit the amount of liability insurance coverage available to a permissive user of a vehicle. ...Read More | |||
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SAIF Promotes Christina Lincicome to Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer | 12/07/2022 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon’s SAIF Corp. promoted Christina Lincicome to a newly created position of chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer. ...Read More | |||
| Supreme Court: Change in Precedent on TTD Awards Applies Prospectively | 12/06/2022 | ||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that its precedent which changed the way temporary total disability is awarded to workers who voluntarily leave the workplace applies prospectively only. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Overturns Denial of Fee Award to Injured Worker | 12/06/2022 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court overturned a denial of attorney fees to counsel for an injured man, finding the worker had a “genuinely disputed” claim. ...Read More | |||
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Supervisors of Man Who Died in Trench Collapse Have Immunity | 12/02/2022 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that the supervisors of a worker who was killed in a trench collapse were entitled to immunity from civil liability because they did not have a deliberate intent to harm the man. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says Owner of Timber Rights Wasn't Immune From Liability for Worker's Injury | 12/01/2022 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A narrowly divided Mississippi Court of Appeals overturned a grant of summary judgment to the owner of timber rights at the end of a chain of contractors it hired to cut and transport the product, finding the owner was not immune from civil liability to a subcontractor’s injured employee....Read More | |||
