Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Statutory Limitation on Mental Injury Benefits | 11/29/2022 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the statutory limitation on workers' compensation claims for mental illnesses to those that arise from an "unexpected, unusual or extraordinary stress" passes constitutional muster. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Orders St. Louis WC Attorney Disbarred | 11/29/2022 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Supreme Court last week disbarred a St. Louis-area workers' compensation attorney for mishandling client funds. Lorenzo Anto...Read More | |||
