Workers' Compensation News
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Trial Court Errs in Excluding $300,000 From Carrier's Lien Recovery | 02/10/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court on Friday overturned a decision by a trial court that limited a carrier's lien recovery to benefits paid through the date of the injured worker's third-party settlement, excluding more than $300,000 the carrier paid after the settlement was finalized. ...Read More | |||
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TTD Award for Worker's Electric Shock Injury Overturned | 02/05/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned an award of temporary total disability benefits for a worker who suffered an electric shock injury. ...Read More | |||
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TMI Hires Chief Transformation Officer | 01/10/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Greg Carter will serve as the carrier's first chief transformation officer. ...Read More | |||
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Total SIF Assessment Increases for 2025 | 12/16/2024 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Board of Indiana announced that the total Second Injury Fund assessment is increasing next year after dropping in 2024. ...Read More | |||
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Transit Worker Fails to Prove Accident Caused Neck Injury | 11/20/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a transit worker did not suffer a neck injury from an on-the-job accident. Case:...Read More | |||
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Tire Maker Fined $271,930 for Fatal Injury | 10/18/2024 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal workplace safety inspectors fined a tire maker in Georgia $271,930 for safety violations allegedly uncovered during the investigation of a fatal accident. ...Read More | |||
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Triable Issues Preclude Summary Judgment | 10/17/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claims because there were triable issues as to whether his own conduct was the sole proximate cause of his accident. ...Read More | |||
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Twice-Convicted Fraudster Charged in Alleged $100M Scheme | 10/15/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A man convicted of fraud in two separate cases 15 years apart and who was kicked out of California's workers' compensation system seven years ago is facing new fraud charges for a scheme that allegedly started in 2020. ...Read More | |||
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Tower MSA Webinar to Cover Set-Asides | 09/16/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Tower MSA Partners is holding a webinar Oct. 2 covering the ins and outs of Medicare set-asides. ...Read More | |||
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Trial Court Did Not Abuse Discretion in Considering New Evidence, Remanding Case | 09/13/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A trial court did not abuse its discretion when it reviewed new medical reports finding that a man was unable to return to work and in ordering San Francisco’s retirement system to review his related retirement application, a California appeals court ruled. ...Read More | |||
