Workers' Compensation News
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Sedgwick Names Marwan Shiblaq President of Workforce Absence Division | 03/07/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Sedgwick announced the appointment of Marwan Shiblaq as president of its workforce absence division. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Overturns Sanctions on Carrier, Vacates Home Modification Orders | 03/07/2022 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A narrowly divided Mississippi Supreme Court overturned a sanctions order against an insurance carrier that challenged a paraplegic worker’s entitlement to modifications of her home and vacated orders compelling the company to perform the changes after her death. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Interplay of Anti-Indemnity, Workers' Compensation Acts | 03/07/2022 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Supreme Court ruled that employee status under the Texas Anti-Indemnity Act is not affected by the state Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Supervisor, Colleague Not Liable for Worker's Death | 03/04/2022 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that a supervisor and colleague could not be held civilly liable for the death of a worker who was thrown from a trailer in which he had been directed to ride. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Award for Injuries From Car Accident | 03/01/2022 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a worker was entitled to benefits for his injuries from a car accident that occurred as he was traveling back to his employer’s property from a job site. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Malpractice Suit | 03/01/2022 | |
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| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Vermont Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a legal malpractice action against an attorney for advising his client to sign a general release that barred a potential future claim against an alleged tortfeasor as part of the settlement of a workers’ compensation matter. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Adopts Limit to Prohibition on Insurer Seeking Subrogation From Insured | 02/24/2022 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a unanimous decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday adopted an exception to the general equitable prohibition of an insurer seeking subrogation from its insured. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Overturns Finding That Worker With Lymphedema Has Schedule Injury | 02/24/2022 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Arkansas Court of Appeals overturned a finding that a worker had suffered a schedule compensable injury when he developed lymphedema after he fell through a catwalk. ...Read More | |||
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SCOTUS Invites Biden Admin. to Brief Position on Comp Coverage for Cannabis | 02/23/2022 | |
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| The U.S. Supreme Court is asking President Joe Biden’s administration to weigh in as it considers requests to review Minnesota high court decisions holding that employers can’t be compelled to reimburse injured workers for medical cannabis because it would require them to violate fede...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds Apportionment of Worker's Hearing Loss | 02/23/2022 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the apportionment of a worker’s hearing loss between occupational and non-occupational causes. ...Read More | |||
