Workers' Compensation News
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Unanimous Supreme Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Worker's Bad Faith Claim | 01/30/2024 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Supreme Court unanimously upheld the summary dismissal of an injured worker’s bad faith claim against his self-insured employer. ...Read More | |||
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Unemployed Health Care Worker Get Benefits for Worsening Condition | 12/21/2023 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division upheld an award of benefits to an unemployed health care worker for the worsening of her compensable condition. ...Read More | |||
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Utility Has Immunity for Tree Trimmer's Electrocution | 11/14/2023 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a utility company was entitled to immunity from civil liability for a tree trimmer’s fatal accident that happened while clearing a tree from the utility’s right of way. ...Read More | |||
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Unanimous Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request for Reopening of Claim | 10/26/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld the denial of a worker’s request for a reopening of his claim. Case: Basha...Read More | |||
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Union Claims Worker Died From Heat | 08/24/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The United Farm Workers claims that the heat-related death of a 59-year-old field worker in California’s Central Valley illustrates a problem with workplace safety regulations intended to protect employees from the dangers of high temperatures. ...Read More | |||
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Use of IARC Classification of Carcinogens Isn't Unconstitutional Delegation of Legislative Authority | 07/10/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that there was no unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority in using a third party's definition of carcinogens to determine a firefighter's entitlement to benefits for kidney cancer. ...Read More | |||
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Unanimous Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Additional PPD for Slight Change in Condition | 06/21/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an injured custodian was not entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award based on a minor change in his condition. ...Read More | |||
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UR Bill Sent to Senate Floor | 05/03/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would require that utilization review physicians are licensed in California and have the same duty of care as a treating provider in some instances was fast-tracked to the Senate floor. ...Read More | |||
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Unlicensed Labor Broker Pleads Guilty to Comp Insurance Fraud | 04/03/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An unlicensed New York labor broker pleaded guilty Wednesday to two felony counts of insurance fraud and fraudulent practices in connection with a scheme to evade paying workers' compensation insurance premiums. ...Read More | |||
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Unlawfully Employed Teenager Can't Get Additional Compensation for Burn Injuries | 03/16/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an unlawfully employed teenager who suffered extensive burn injuries was not entitled to additional compensation for severe burns or future loss of earnings. ...Read More | |||
