Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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WCIRB Governing Committee Reviews Bills, Rules, Cases at Next Meeting | 09/20/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Governing Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau will review pending legislative, regulatory and judicial actions during a Sept. 25 meeting. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Received VSSR Award Can't Pursue Intentional Tort Claim | 09/18/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s intentional tort claim against his employer for injuries from an unguarded table saw. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Announces Increase in Retro Benefits | 09/17/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division posted a bulletin announcing the annual increase in retroactive program benefits and the processes for calculating benefits owed to injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Expand Claim, Receive Additional MRI | 09/17/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand his claim and for authorization for a magnetic resonance imaging scan. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Fraud Results in Award Declared Overpayment | 09/16/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court rescinded a worker’s award of permanent total disability benefits, finding he had engaged in fraud by collecting compensation while he was working. ...Read More | |||
| WCIRB Actuarial Committee Meets Tuesday | 09/13/2024 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s Actuarial Committee will review insurer experience reports during a meeting Tuesday. Committee members will discuss the report evaluating insurer experience as of June 30, as well as the diagnostics that wi...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails in Bid for PPD Increase | 09/13/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to an increase in his award for occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Mandamus Relief From Denial of Claim | 09/13/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to writ relief compelling the Industrial Commission to order his employer to pay for his medical treatments and pay temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
