Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Cuts Off Benefits for Deputy After Improvement of PTSD | 03/10/2023 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a deputy sheriff’s entitlement to benefits for his post-traumatic stress disorder ended once his psychiatrist found he no longer met the criteria for the diagnosis. ...Read More | |||
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Senator Hints at Extending Deadline for WCAB Decisions | 03/09/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker floated the idea of giving the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board more time to decide cases to cut down on the number of decisions that aren’t issued within the 60 days currently allowed. ...Read More | |||
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Surgeon Convicted of Accepting Bribes to Perform Spinal Procedures | 03/08/2023 | |
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| The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that a jury convicted a Southern California surgeon of accepting more than $315,000 in bribes and kickbacks for performing spinal surgeries at Pacific Hospital of Long Beach. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Worker's Failure to Serve DOL Results in Loss of Appeal | 03/06/2023 | |
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| The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker’s failure to serve a notice of appeal on the Department of Labor was fatal to his ability to challenge an administrative law judge’s denial of his workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
| Substantial Evidence Supported Board's Decision to Expand Scope of Worker's Claim | 03/03/2023 | ||
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board to expand the scope of a worker’s claim to include additional injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Subscribing Employer Has Civil Liability for Worker's Fall in Parking Lot | 03/01/2023 | |
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| A Texas appellate court upheld an award of $19,789.01 for a worker in a premises liability suit against her employer for her fall in the parking lot of her workplace. ...Read More | |||
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State Fund Fails to Effectively Cancel Employer's Coverage Prior to Worker's Injury | 03/01/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the State Insurance Fund was on the hook for a worker’s claim, even though it had sent notice that it was canceling coverage prior to the accident. ...Read More | |||
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Statute of Limitations Doesn't Allow Convicted Fraudsters to Avoid Civil Liability | 02/28/2023 | |
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| A California appellate court ruled that a group of workers’ compensation fraudsters can be held to account for their actions in a civil suit filed on behalf of the state. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
