Workers' Compensation News
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WCIRB Posts Report on COVID Claims | 10/02/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| About 15% of COVID-19 claims with medical payments involved treatment for long COVID symptoms, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California reported. ...Read More | |||
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WCIS Upgrade Slated for October | 09/30/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that its Workers’ Compensation Information System will undergo an upgrade in October. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Promotes Tony Milano to EVP, Chief Actuary | 09/27/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California on Thursday announced the promotion of Tony Milano to executive vice president and chief actuary. ...Read More | |||
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Widow Can't Seek Remedy From Husband's Co-Worker, Tavern Operator | 09/27/2024 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine ruled that a widow could not pursue a civil suit against her late husband’s co-worker for throwing a punch that led to his death, nor could she sue the tavern proprietor who had furnished both men with alcohol. ...Read More | |||
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Widow of Worker With Leukemia Gets Award of Death Benefits | 09/27/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to the widow of a worker suffering from chronic myelomonocytic leukemia before contracting COVID-19 and dying. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Relief From Adverse Summary Judgment | 09/26/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker could not obtain relief from an adverse grant of summary judgment. Case: ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Opens Registration for 2025 Conference | 09/25/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute opened registration for its 2025 annual Issues and Research Conference being held March 6-7 in Phoenix. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claims | 09/25/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claims for an alleged fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Allege Viable Claims for Discrimination, Retaliation | 09/25/2024 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that an injured worker failed to allege a viable claim of disability discrimination or workers’ compensation retaliation. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Sue Over Accident Caused by Colleague in Parking Lot | 09/23/2024 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s civil suit against his employer and a colleague who had accidentally struck him with a truck while he was walking to his car after finishing his workday. ...Read More | |||
