Workers' Compensation News
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Terms of Worker's Settlement Bar Tort Suit Against Supervisor | 10/28/2020 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the terms of a release that a worker signed as a part of settling a workers’ compensation claim served to bar his claim for gross negligence against his former supervisor. ...Read More | |||
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TCPA Doesn't Bar Providers' Defamation Suit Against Injured Worker | 10/21/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that the treatment providers for an injured worker could proceed with a defamation claim against him based on the allegedly false accusations he levied for having "botched" his knee surgeries. ...Read More | |||
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Trucking Company Owners Accused of Misclassifying Workers to Save on Comp | 10/20/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owners of a trucking company in Sacramento were charged with multiple counts of insurance fraud for allegedly misclassifying workers as contractors to reduce workers’ compensation premiums by more than a quarter-million dollars, the California Department of Insurance announced. ...Read More | |||
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Truck Driver Can't Proceed With Tort Suit for Alleged Assault by Warehouse Worker | 10/20/2020 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Missouri appellate court ruled that a truck driver could not proceed with a civil suit against the operator of a warehouse for alleged injuries from an assault by a warehouse employee. ...Read More | |||
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TCPA Requires Dismissal of Retaliation Lawsuit | 10/19/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Texas appellate court ruled that a worker’s retaliation suit against his employer and an affiliated company should have been dismissed pursuant to the Texas Citizens Participation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Trade Show Worker Can Proceed With Tort Claim | 10/15/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker at a trade show could proceed with a tort claim for damages for his injuries from a display that fell on to him. ...Read More | |||
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Truck Driver's Wife Can't Sue His Employer Over Injuries From Accident | 10/05/2020 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a truck driver’s wife could not sue her husband’s employer to recover damages for her injuries from an accident that occurred while she was riding as a passenger with him. ...Read More | |||
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Testimony Properly Excluded in Civil Suit Over Trucker's Death | 10/02/2020 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that the testimony of a witness was properly excluded from the trial for a wrongful death claim. Case:...Read More | |||
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There's a Bot for That: System Lets Claimants Fill Out Forms by Speaking Into Phone | 10/01/2020 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Siri-like voice recognition system for workers' comp claims is proving useful in Tennessee, where many claimants are finding it difficult to hire attorneys. ...Read More | |||
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Teamsters Ask Feds for More Time to Comment on Classification Rule | 09/29/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The International Brotherhood of Teamsters asked the U.S. Department of Labor to allow more time to comment on a proposal to adopt an “economic reality” test as part of the analysis used to decide whether a worker is an employee or a contractor. ...Read More | |||
