Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Must Give Timely Notice of Injury, Not Notice of Filing Comp Claim | 12/08/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that a worker seeking compensation for an injury must give her employer notice of the accident within one year of its occurrence, but she need not provide formal notice of a claim within that period. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Establish Compensability of Mental Disorder From Job Stress | 12/07/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that a worker failed to introduce sufficient evidence to establish the compensability of her mental disorder claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Partial Summary Judgment for Fall Injuries | 12/07/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment as to liability on his Labor Law claim for his fall from an unsecured plank used as a scaffold. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 12/06/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder while installing a smoke and carbon monoxide detector. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Death Moots Claims, Makes Injury Dispute Nonjusticiable | 12/03/2021 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s death rendered her workers’ compensation claims for two accidents moot and that a dispute between insurance carriers about whether the second accident was a compensable component of the first was not an issue that could be decided...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Occupational Disease From Alleged Chemical Exposures | 12/03/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker failed to prove he had developed an occupational disease from his exposure to epoxy and other chemicals while working for a flooring company. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Opens Registration for 2022 Conference | 12/03/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute opened registration for its 38th annual Issues & Research Conference set for March 16-17 in Boston. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Releases Report on Frictional Costs | 12/02/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau released its report on frictional costs in California. Highlights of the report include:...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Failed to Disclose Injuries From Prior Accident Forfeits Entitlement to Benefits | 12/01/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that a worker forfeited his entitlement to benefits by failing to disclose his injuries from a prior compensable accident after he was injured at work a second time. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Presents Enough Evidence of Occupational Disease to Survive Summary Judgment | 11/30/2021 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a worker presented enough evidence to support his informally raised occupational disease claim to survive a motion for summary judgment. ...Read More | |||
