Workers' Compensation News
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Senate Approves Death Benefits COLA for Essential Workers | 06/16/2020 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A plan to provide cost-of-living adjustments to benefits for essential workers who die from COVID-19 passed the New Jersey Senate Monday morning. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Rejects Claim by Family of Trucker Allegedly Worked to Death | 06/15/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a truck driver’s family could not assert a civil claim against his employer for allegedly overworking him to the point that he died in a crash. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Committee Votes to Kill COVID Presumption Bill | 06/12/2020 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Colorado state Senate committee unanimously voted to indefinitely delay a bill that would have created a COVID-19 presumption for essential workers. ...Read More | |||
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Senator Proposes Presumption for Wildland Firefighters | 06/11/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A U.S. senator introduced legislation that would create a presumption that wildland firefighters contracted COVID-19 in the line of work. Sen. Jo...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Suspends Attorney Over Bad Faith, AOB Lawsuits | 06/11/2020 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Florida Supreme Court has agreed to suspend a south Florida plaintiffs' attorney after the state bar alleged that he engaged in widespread misrepresentation, delays and the filing of multiple lawsuits on the same insurance policy. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Committee Passes COVID Presumption Bill Despite Business Opposition | 06/10/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Colorado Senate Finance Committee narrowly passed a rebuttable COVID-19 presumption bill that would cover essential workers who contract the virus over the next two years. ...Read More | |||
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Seamstress Gets Benefits for Injury Caused by Pre-Existing Condition, Accident | 06/10/2020 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Utah Court of Appeals ruled that a seamstress is entitled to benefits for a knee injury that resulted from the combined effects of her pre-existing arthritis and a misstep while at work. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits to Oil Rig Worker With Cancer | 06/09/2020 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wyoming Supreme Court upheld the denial of benefits to a cancer-stricken oil rig worker, finding he failed to establish a causal connection between his illness and employment. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Rejects Worker's Due Process Violation Claim | 06/09/2020 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to an injured worker, finding his due process rights had been adequately protected and that his continuing need for treatment was not related to his employment. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Judges Need to Decide Borrowed Employee Status | 06/08/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Supreme Court ruled that whether a worker is a defendant’s borrowed employee is a question of law, but it upheld a jury’s award of damages to an injured man because a defendant did not carry its burden to prove it had borrowed his services. ...Read More | |||
