Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Adopts Traveling Employee Doctrine, Remands Case for Fact-Finding | 11/18/2021 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court formally adopted the traveling employee doctrine and addressed its parameters before remanding a case for further factual findings on whether a salesman abandoned his work for the day before he was injured. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Awards PTD Benefits to Worker, Upholds Denial of Reimbursement for Surgery | 11/17/2021 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to permanent total disability benefits after a back injury and several unsuccessful efforts to alleviate his pain, but he was not entitled to reimbursement for an operation. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Overturns Award to Mechanic for Wrist Injury | 11/16/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A split West Virginia Supreme Court overturned an award of benefits to a mechanic for a wrist injury suffered within days of his return to work following surgery. ...Read More | |||
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Split 9th Circuit Panel Upholds Reduction of LHWCA Attorney's Fees | 11/16/2021 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a reduction of an attorney’s hourly rate in a fee award for a Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act case. ...Read More | |||
| Sentinel Governmental Affairs Launches News Brief Page | 11/12/2021 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Sentinel Governmental Affairs announced the launch of a news briefs webpage to provide information to the Texas insurance industry, regulators, lawmakers and stakeholders. The news briefs include information from the ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Hearing-Loss Award for Longtime Factory Worker | 11/12/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld an award of benefits for a long-time factory worker with hearing loss. Case: Sol...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Authorization for Knee Replacement | 11/10/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Supreme Court of West Virginia upheld a denial of authorization for a knee replacement to an injured maintenance worker with preexisting arthritis. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Law Limiting Estate to Receipt of Funeral Expenses | 11/09/2021 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to a state law limiting a worker’s estate to the collection of funeral expenses, since she had no dependents when she was electrocuted on a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Scott Carpenter Joins AP Keenan as Account Executive, Employee Benefits Producer | 11/04/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| AP Keenan, a California insurance brokerage and consulting firm for public schools, public agencies and health care organizations, announced that Scott Carpenter joined the company as an account executive and employee benefits producer. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Liability for Staffing Agencies Under State Law | 11/04/2021 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Supreme Court held a temporary staffing agency liable for violations of the state Industrial Safety and Health Act. ...Read More | |||
