Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Forfeits Benefits by Lying About Condition | 12/11/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the forfeiture of a worker’s benefits due to his misrepresentations regarding his physical capabilities. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Adverse Inference Charge for Spoliation of Evidence | 12/11/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an allegedly injured worker was entitled to an adverse inference charge based on the defendants’ spoliation of evidence and that none of the parties were entitled to summary judgment. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Benefits for Mysterious Fainting Spell | 12/10/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a worker who was injured in a spell of fainting from an unknown cause. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Publishes 2024 Geo Study | 12/09/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California published its 2024 Geo Study. "Even after controlling for regional dif...Read More | |||
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Worker's Postsurgical Impairment Rating Can Support Increase in PPD | 12/09/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s postsurgical impairment rating can support an award of increased disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Actuarial, Governing Committees Schedule Meetings | 12/06/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California announced that its Actuarial Committee is meeting Tuesday and its Governing Committee is meeting Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Credible Testimony Supports Award for Injuries | 12/06/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker established his entitlement to benefits for his injuries from an accident at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Show Labor Market Attachment | 12/05/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the suspension of a worker’s benefits due to her failure to demonstrate attachment to the labor market. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Claim to Convert TTD to Specific Loss Award Not Mooted by His Death | 12/02/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker’s claim to convert his benefits from temporary total disability to specific loss benefits was not moot because he died from his work injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Widow Fails to Link Occupational Pneumoconiosis to Worker's Death | 11/20/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a widow’s claim for death benefits, finding occupational pneumoconiosis was not a material contributing cause of her husband’s death. ...Read More | |||
