Workers' Compensation News
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WCC Preparing to Implement E-Notice Rule | 10/18/2023 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court announced that it is preparing to implement electronic notice rules after the state’s high court reviews and approves recently revised rules of procedure. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Cuts Assessment for Workers' Benefit Fund | 10/18/2023 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced that the assessment for the Workers’ Benefit Fund will drop by 10% in 2024. The d...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Denied Due Process in Dispute Over Use of Benefits for Child Support Payments | 10/16/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court rejected a self-represented worker’s claims that he was denied due process over the alleged wrongful distribution of his benefits to cover his outstanding child support payments. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall Down Ramp | 10/16/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim based on his fall down an unguarded, temporary plywood ramp. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Have Jury Verdict Set Aside | 10/16/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to have the jury verdict set aside in his Labor Law action. Case: G...Read More | |||
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Worker's Award for Silicosis, Lung Disease Upheld | 10/13/2023 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a worker for his silicosis and interstitial lung disease. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Entitlement to Benefits for Alleged Leg Injury | 10/12/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld a denial of benefits to a worker who allegedly injured his leg while installing a computer server. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI: Medical Payment Decrease Exceeds Most Study States | 10/12/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Decreases in average medical payments per claim in Texas exceeded those in all but two states covered in a recent Workers Compensation Research Institute report. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Labor Law Action Can't Be Joined With Medical Malpractice Suit | 10/12/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned an order allowing a worker’s Labor Law claims to be consolidated with a medical malpractice action related to the treatment for the injuries underlying his injury claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Trip, Fall | 10/11/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker for his injuries from a trip-and-fall accident at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
