Workers' Compensation News
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 | ||
Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
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 | |||
Split Court Says Estate Can't Get Worker's Loss-of-Use Benefits After Her Death | 05/15/2023 | ||
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 | |||
Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Coal Miner's Request to Reopen Claim for Knee Injury | 05/12/2023 | ||
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 | |||
Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Claim by Mine Worker With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | 05/11/2023 | ||
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 | |||
Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request to Add Spondylosis to Claim | 05/10/2023 | ||
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 | |||
Supreme Court Won't Raise PPD Award for Worker Injured by Exploding Toilet | 05/09/2023 | ||
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a worker with preexisting conditions was not entitled to a larger award of permanent partial disability benefits without any apportionment to his prior diagnoses. ...Read More | |||
Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Additional Benefits for Worker With Knee Injury | 05/08/2023 | ||
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a fire boss was not entitled to a larger award of permanent partial disability benefits than he had received for a knee injury. ...Read More | |||