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Security Deposit Rulemaking Group Meets Aug. 27 07/31/2025
State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division confirmed that a group tasked with drafting rules to implement legislation exempting self-insured school districts from security deposit requirements will meet Aug. 27. ...Read More
 
 

Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim for Nerve Issues 07/30/2025
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to a worker for alleged nerve issues after he suffered a compensable cut to his arm. ...Read More
 
 

Supreme Court Reinstates Denial of Worker's Request for Additional Treatment 07/28/2025
State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The South Dakota Supreme Court reinstated a decision by an administrative law judge denying a worker’s claim for additional treatment. ...Read More
 
 

Summary Dismissal Appropriate for Worker's Tort Claims Against Employer, General Contractor 07/25/2025
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
An Ohio appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s civil actions against his employer, the general contractor of a project and a subcontractor for injuries he sustained while working. ...Read More
 
 

Split Court Says AWCA Doesn't Mandate Appointment of IME on Request 07/18/2025
State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A divided Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals ruled that the state Administrative Workers’ Compensation Act does not mandate the appointment of an independent medical examiner any time an employer or employee requests one. ...Read More
 
 

Split Supreme Court Upholds Grant of Duty Disability Pension for State Trooper 07/16/2025
State: RI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Employer
A divided Rhode Island Supreme Court upheld a determination that a state trooper was entitled to a duty disability pension. ...Read More
 
 

Sawmill Worker's Fingertip Loss Leads to Fines 07/16/2025
State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Washington Department of Labor & Industries levied fines totaling $153,000 against a sawmill operator with a history of safety violations after a worker lost a fingertip in a machine mishap. ...Read More
 
 

School District Employee Gets TTD for Summer Period She Didn't Receive Wages 07/14/2025
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer
The Court of Appeal for the 10th District of Ohio ruled that a school district employee was entitled to temporary total disability benefits for the three-month summer recess during which she did not receive her regular salary. ...Read More
 
 

Split Court Says Employer Entitled to Defense, Indemnification in Civil Suit by Paralyzed Worker 07/08/2025
State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor
A divided Louisiana appellate court ruled that a coal yard operator and cargo transport provider had a duty to defend and indemnify an employer from a civil suit by a worker left paralyzed by an industrial accident. ...Read More
 
 

Summary Judgment for Defendant Overturned, Goes to Worker Instead 07/08/2025
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for a defendant in a Labor Law claim, finding that the worker should have been granted summary judgment instead. ...Read More
 
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