Workers' Compensation News
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Worker's Failure to Participate in Discovery Results in Dismissal of Case | 03/24/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s personal injury claim based on his willful and contumacious failure to participate in discovery. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Sue Carrier, Claims Administrator or Adjuster for Alleged Fraud | 03/22/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claims against his employer’s insurance company, claims administrator and an individual adjuster for violation of the Insurance Frauds Prevention Act. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Drywall Panels Can Proceed With Labor Law Claim | 03/22/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law claim for his injuries from being struck by a falling stack of drywall boards. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Lift | 03/21/2022 | |
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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 after he fell from the guardrails of a man lift. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Air Hose Can Proceed With Labor Law Claims | 03/18/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker could proceed with his Labor Law claim for injuries from being struck in the face by an air compressor hose. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Link Shoulder Condition to Compensable Hip Injury | 03/16/2022 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker failed to establish that his rotator cuff tear was caused, in major part, by the work-related hip injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Hold Co-Employee Civilly Liable for Trench Collapse Injuries | 03/11/2022 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that a worker could not proceed with a tort claim against his co-employee for his injuries from a trench cave-in. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Scaffold Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 03/04/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a construction worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a fall from a scaffold. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Brick Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 03/02/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker struck by a falling brick was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. Case:...Read More | |||
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WCS Increases Medical Fee Schedule Reimbursement Rate | 03/02/2022 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section announced that it revised its medical fee schedule to increase reimbursement rates that were inadvertently too low. ...Read More | |||
