Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Injured Using Makeshift Ladder Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 11/08/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim for his injuries while dismounting a bucket he was using as a makeshift ladder. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Holding Hearing About Latest AMA Guides | 11/08/2024 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alaska Workers' Compensation Division is holding a public meeting Dec. 10 to discuss adopting of the 2024 update to impairment rating guides. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB Panel Says Orders Taking Matters off Calendar Are Not Final, Ineligible for Reconsideration | 11/07/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Orders taking a matter off calendar are not final orders for the purposes of seeking reconsideration, the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board said in a what it designated as a "significant panel decision." ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets 0% Award for Occupational Pneumconiosis | 11/07/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of 0% permanent partial disability for a worker’s occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Webinar to Cover Geographic Differences in Claims | 11/06/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau will present the findings from its latest study on the variation of claim characteristics in different parts of California during a Dec. 4 webinar. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Schedule Loss of Use for Prior Accident Can't Be Deducted from SLU for New Injury | 11/06/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a decision deducting the schedule loss of use for a worker’s prior shoulder injury from the schedule loss of use for a later arm injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell in Elevator Shaft Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 11/06/2024 | |
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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’s Labor Law claim based on his fall while working in an elevator shaft. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Pipe Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 11/05/2024 | |
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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’s Labor Law claim. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Estranged Husband Gets Death Benefits for Her Fatal Overdose | 11/04/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld an award of death benefits for a fatal prescription drug overdose saying evidence in the record was equivocal regarding whether the death was accidental or the injured worker committed suicide. ...Read More | |||
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Worker who Fell from Cement Truck Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 11/04/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim based on his injuries from a fall from a cement truck. ...Read More | |||
