Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Fails to Prove Loss of Time From Job, Entitlement to Lost Earnings Award | 05/17/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker failed to prove any compensable lost time from his proofreading job and that he was not entitled to a reduced earning award. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB: IDL Payments Are 'Compensation' for Calculating Serious and Willful Award | 05/13/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Industrial Disability Leave salary continuation benefits paid to injured California state workers as an alternative to temporary disability are considered compensation when calculating awards for serious and willful violations, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Get Resumption of Benefits After Serving Prison Term for Murder | 05/13/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to the resumption of his benefits following his incarceration for murder. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI: TD Duration Key Driver of Indemnity Growth in 2020 | 05/13/2022 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An increase in the average duration of temporary disability claims in Minnesota was a key driver in the increase in average indemnity payments per claim in 2020, according to a recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Timely Files Claim Within 2 Years of Last Treatment | 05/11/2022 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that a worker timely filed her claim within two years of her last receipt of medical treatment for a back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Bar Carrier's Recovery From Medical Malpractice Settlement | 05/11/2022 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker was not entitled to an order precluding an insurance carrier from recovering its payment of benefits from her medical malpractice settlement proceeds. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Fire Pump Prevails on Labor Law Claim | 05/10/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from being struck by a falling fire pump. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Failure to Prove Compensable Accident Forecloses Labor Law Action | 05/09/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a finding of noncompensability for a worker’s alleged injuries barred him from asserting a viable Labor Law claim based on the same accident. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Awarded Costs for Treatment by Unauthorized Provider | 05/06/2022 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Supreme Court of Tennessee’s Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel upheld an award of treatment to a worker who sought care from an unauthorized provider. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Fee Award for Successful Effort to Increase AWW | 05/06/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court overturned the denial of an award of fees to an injured worker whose attorney had successfully secured an increase in his average weekly wage. ...Read More | |||
