Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Not Entitled to TTD After Firing | 11/15/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a determination that a fired worker was not entitled to temporary total disability benefits for a compensable shoulder injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Injured by Falling Pipe Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment | 11/14/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker injured in an accident caused by a falling pipe should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Webinar to Review Study of Attorney Impact | 11/14/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute is holding a webinar on Nov. 21 to discuss findings from a recent study of the impact of attorney representation on claim payments. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Scaffold Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 11/13/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who fell from a scaffold should have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Should Have Been Granted Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 11/12/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a trip-and-fall injury on a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
