Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Tosses Injured Worker's Wrongful Termination Claim Against Public Employer | 03/26/2024 | |
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| The Nebraska Supreme Court threw out an injured worker’s wrongful termination claim against her public employer, finding the decision to fire her involved an element of judgment of the type that the Legislature intended to shield from tort action. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Accepts Review on Subrogation for Heart-Lung Benefits | 03/25/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will weigh in on whether a self-insured government entity can subrogate Heart and Lung Benefits Act compensation from a third-party settlement received by an employee injured in the line of duty. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Rejects Claim by Mine Foreman Injured in Neighboring State | 03/20/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a mine foreman injured while working in West Virginia could not pursue a claim for benefits in his home state. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Bill to Expand Cancer Presumption | 03/18/2024 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Maryland Senate unanimously passed a bill requested by Gov. Wes Moore that would expand the list of cancers that are presumed to be compensable for firefighters and other public safety workers. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Denies Benefits for Traveling Employee | 03/14/2024 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A narrowly divided Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that a traveling employee was not entitled to benefits for his alleged injuries from a car accident that happened while returning to a job site after an unauthorized midweek trip home. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Agreed-Upon Comp Bill | 03/14/2024 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Wisconsin Senate passed a multifaceted bill that would increase benefits and implement procedural changes through provisions agreed upon by members of the state’s Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Bill to Revise Survivor Benefits | 03/14/2024 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would exempt surviving spouses of certain state workers from a provision that terminates death benefits upon remarriage. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Legacy Court, First Responder Bills | 03/13/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oklahoma Senate passed a bill that would establish a venue for legacy claims within the Court of Civil Appeals. The Senate on Monday als...Read More | |||
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State's Share of Covered Wages, Benefit Payments Edges Up Slightly | 03/12/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The share of covered wages and benefits paid to injured workers in the Golden State increased in 2021 from 2020 despite no change in the share of covered jobs, according to a California Workers’ Compensation Institute analysis of a National Academy of Social Insurance report. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says BWC Can Recover Overpayment of Benefits to Worker | 03/07/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation was entitled to recoup an overpayment of benefits to a worker between the time she reached maximum medical improvement and when her temporary total disability was terminated. ...Read More | |||
