Workers' Compensation News
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Split Supreme Court Denies Worker Additional Benefits for Occupational Pneumoconiosis | 02/06/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award for occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Benefits for Caretaker Intoxicated at Time of Accident | 02/05/2024 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wyoming Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to an injured caretaker due to his intoxication at the time of his injury. ...Read More | |||
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SAIF Pursues Bill to Criminalize Premium Fraud | 02/05/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oregon’s SAIF Corp. is pursuing legislation this year that would expressly criminalize premium fraud. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Award for Injured Coal Miner | 02/05/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of additional benefits and treatment for an injured coal miner. Case: Harrison Co...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request to Expand Claim | 02/02/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of additional treatment and benefits for an equipment operator’s neck and back injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Meaning of 'Subsequent Employer' | 02/01/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oklahoma Supreme Court in the first decision handed down this year clarified that a “subsequent employer” refers to the employer at the time of the worker's “subsequent injury” in a claim against the Multiple Injury Trust Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Religious Exemption Bill | 02/01/2024 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Indiana Senate unanimously passed a bill that would allow members of certain religious sects to opt out of workers’ compensation coverage for workplace injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Reverses Denial of Worker's Request to Expand Claim, Receive Additional Benefits | 02/01/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court overturned a denial of a worker’s request to expand her claim, collect additional benefits and receive additional medical treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits to Plumber for Shoulder Injury | 01/31/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to a plumber for an alleged shoulder injury where he initially failed to disclose a car accident between his alleged date of injury and the date he sought treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Statue of Limitations Bars Injured Worker's Malpractice Action Against Former Attorney | 01/26/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the dismissal of an injured worker’s malpractice action against his former attorney as time-barred. Cas...Read More | |||
