Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Can't Pursue Civil Remedy Against Employer for Vicarious Liability | 04/15/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment that found a worker could not proceed with a civil suit against his employer based on a theory of vicarious liability for the conduct of his alleged assailant. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Impaled by Metal Tongs Gets Permanent Total Disability Benefits | 04/11/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld a finding that an injured worker's condition had deteriorated to the point of permanent and total disablement. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB Accepting Applications for 3 Judicial Positions | 04/10/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board posted a notice to the state job website soliciting applications to fill three workers’ compensation judge positions in San Francisco, Van Nuys and Sacramento. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Unwitnessed Scaffold Accident | 04/10/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim for his unwitnessed scaffold accident. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Establish New/Omitted Condition Claim, Continued Combined Condition Claim | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s new/omitted medical condition claim for a preexisting cervical arthritic condition, as well as a finding that his compensable cervical strain/sprain ceased to be the major contributing cause of a compensable combined condition...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Claim Expansion, Additional Treatment | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a decision denying the expansion of a worker’s claim and for additional treatments. ...Read More | |||
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WCC Updates Surety Bond, Letter of Credit Forms | 04/08/2025 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that revised forms for self-insured employers to file surety bonds and letters of credit will be mandatory, starting Sept. 1. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Implementing Quarterly Vocational Assistance Reviews | 04/08/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division said it will conduct quarterly reviews to make certain that insurers and self-insured employers are conducting vocational assistance eligibility determinations, starting May 1. ...Read More | |||
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Worker With Luxury Vehicle, Significant Expenses Not Entitled to Extreme Hardship Redetermination | 04/08/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to an extreme hardship redetermination. Case: Mat...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Need for Redetermination of Extreme Hardship | 04/04/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to a redetermination of extreme hardship. Cas...Read More | |||
