Workers' Compensation News
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Staffing Service Worker Can't Maintain Suit Against Employer's Client | 08/17/2020 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division upheld the dismissal of a staffing company worker's suit against his employer’s client for injuries from a forklift accident. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Non-Intervening Medical Provider Cannot Collaterally Attack Award | 08/17/2020 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a health care provider who declined to intervene in a workers’ compensation proceeding could not collaterally attack the award after the parties agreed to settle. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Boots Labor Commissioner's Confirmation | 08/17/2020 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Eighteen months after she was appointed, the Minnesota Commissioner of Labor and Industry was de-confirmed this week by the state Senate, according to a Minneapolis news report. ...Read More | |||
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Sheriff's Ban on Masks Likely to Lead to More Comp Claims, Some Say | 08/14/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| First responders' attorneys are warning that a Florida sheriff's ban on face masks will lead to more COVID-19 sickness and more workers' compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
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Sedgwick Announces Leadership Promotions | 08/13/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Sedgwick on Wednesday announced a series of promotions among its executive team. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits to Office Worker | 08/12/2020 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that an office worker is not entitled to benefits for an alleged injury to her arm and shoulder. ...Read More | |||
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Sheriff Arrests Two Accused of Trying to Steal Death Benefits | 08/11/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Law enforcement officials in Northern California arrested two people who allegedly tried to steal workers’ compensation death benefits that had been mailed to the family of a sheriff’s deputy who was killed in the line of duty in 2008. ...Read More | |||
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Shops in Las Vegas Strip Mall Cited for COVID-19 Safety Violations | 08/11/2020 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Nevada regulators cited three stores in the Fashion Show mall on the Las Vegas Strip for failing to comply with COVID-19 safety regulations. The Di...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Denies Surgeries for Worker With Hand Injury | 08/10/2020 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Supreme Court of West Virginia ruled that a worker who injured her hand while lifting a table was not entitled to coverage for surgery to address nerve issues. ...Read More | |||
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Shipwright Can't Get Comp Benefits Plus Jones Act Recovery for Same Accident | 08/06/2020 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker is not entitled to benefits under both the Jones Act and the state Workers’ Compensation Act, and that the carrier who paid Jones Act benefits is not entitled to subrogation from the employer. ...Read More | |||
