Workers' Compensation News
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WCB Meets to Discuss Attorney Fees | 11/12/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Board will discuss attorney fees during a Nov. 19 meeting. Board members will undertake the legally mandat...Read More | |||
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WCC Chair Elected to IWCF | 11/12/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that chairman Wesley G. Marshall was elected to the International Workers’ Compensation Foundation board of trustees. ...Read More | |||
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Worker, 3rd Party Defendant Both Get Partial Summary Judgment in Labor Law Action | 11/11/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim, and that a third-party defendant should have been granted summary judgment dismissing an indemnification claim against it. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Loses Appeal Due to His Failure to Provide Record of Prior Proceedings | 11/11/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the denial of a self-represented worker’s claim due to his failure to ensure there was a record of the administrative proceedings that resulted in the denial. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
