Workers' Compensation News
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Worker's Conflicting Accounts of Accident Render Summary Judgment Inappropriate | 04/26/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim due to his conflicting accounts of the accident. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Full Compensation for Impairment Partially Caused by Compensable Injury | 04/25/2022 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that a worker is entitled to compensation for the full measure of impairment where it is caused in material part, but not solely, by a compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Posts Proposed Gender-Neutral Rules | 04/25/2022 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division posted a copy of proposed rules that would strip all references to gender from the state’s comp regulations. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Activities Making Change to Elevator Fall Within Coverage of Labor Law | 04/22/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was engaged in activities covered by the Labor Law where he was making changes to the elevator in order to prevent people from accessing a first-floor renovation site. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Recommends 7.6% Rate Hike | 04/21/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Governing Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Wednesday voted to recommend that California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara increase the advisory pure premium rate by about 7.6%, effective Sept. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment for Labor Law Claim Based on Ramp Mishap | 04/21/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from moving a floor buffing machine up a ramp. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Involuntary Hospitalization for Schizophrenia Doesn't Extend Time to File Comp Claim | 04/21/2022 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claim for benefits filed more than 11 years after her alleged injuries, finding her involuntary hospitalizations and treatment for schizophrenia did not extend the filing period. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Posts Updated Guidance on Coverage for Truckers | 04/19/2022 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division on Monday released a revised industry notice saying motor carriers could be required to carry comp coverage for drivers. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Estate Cannot Compel Production of Nonparty's Tax Returns, Records | 04/19/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker’s estate could not compel a defendant to produce records regarding the payments it allegedly received from a nonparty. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Cannot Get Additional Benefits, Treatment for Back Injury | 04/18/2022 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a denial of additional benefits and treatment to a worker for a back injury, with one judge writing separately to criticize the way the deferential standard of review hamstrung the court into doing so. ...Read More | |||
