Workers' Compensation News
Worker Who Fell in Manhole Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 06/16/2022 | ||
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A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for injuries from a fall down an open manhole. ...Read More | |||
Worker Can't Get Pension, Health or Welfare Benefits Added to AWW Calculation | 06/15/2022 | ||
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An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to an increase of his average weekly wage by including the value of his pension, health and welfare benefits in the calculation of his income. ...Read More | |||
Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall | 06/13/2022 | ||
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A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a delivery truck’s lift gate. ...Read More | |||
WCD Adopts Rules for Effects of Denied Conditions on Apportionment | 06/09/2022 | ||
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The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division adopted temporary rules governing the effects of denied conditions on apportionment in response to a state Supreme Court case. ...Read More | |||
Worker Not Entitled to Further Action to Revisit Labor Market Attachment | 06/09/2022 | ||
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A New York appellate court upheld a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board denying a worker’s request for further action to revisit the issue of his attachment to the labor market. ...Read More | |||
Worker Can't Get Benefits for Unreported Time Period | 06/08/2022 | ||
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A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker was not entitled to benefits for the time he failed to submit up-to-date medical evidence of a continuing, causally related disability every 90 days until he was classified as permanently disabled. ...Read More | |||
Webinar to Cover Comp Impact of Macroeconomic Trends | 06/07/2022 | ||
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AmTrust is hosting a webinar on June 8 to explore the impact of macroeconomic trends on the workers’ compensation market. Matt Zenger, seni...Read More | |||
Worker Not Entitled to Full Measure of Impairment After Knee Injury | 06/07/2022 | ||
State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to the full measure of impairment for all new findings of loss after a knee injury. ...Read More | |||
Worker's Failure to Disclose Minor Soccer Injury Doesn't Foreclose Claim for Torn Achilles | 06/07/2022 | ||
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A New York appellate court ruled that a worker’s failure to disclose a minor ankle injury from playing soccer did not foreclose his ability to receive benefits for a major injury to the ankle at work. ...Read More | |||
Worker Can Proceed With Labor Law Claim for Alleged Fall | 06/06/2022 | ||
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A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment to the defendants in a Labor Law claim arising from a worker’s alleged fall on a plywood ramp. ...Read More | |||