Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment for Fall From Scaffold | 02/09/2021 | |
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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 fall from a scaffold lacking guardrails. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Governing Committee Meets Wednesday | 02/08/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Governing Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California is set to start discussing on Wednesday proposed regulatory changes that it might recommend later this year. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Ladder Gets Summary Judgment | 02/05/2021 | |
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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 based on his fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Wayward Husband Gets Service-Connected Disability Retirement | 02/04/2021 | |
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| A California appellate court upheld an award of service-connected disability retirement benefits to a pubic employee for his psychological conditions after an extramarital affair with a co-worker. ...Read More | |||
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Warehouse Worker Arraigned on Fraud Charges | 02/04/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A warehouse worker in Buttonwillow was arraigned on multiple felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud for allegedly failing to disclose previous occupational injuries, the California Department of Insurance announced. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Injury Rate Hits 'Record Low' | 02/04/2021 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Labor Cabinet announced that the state’s recordable, nonfatal occupational injury and illness rate fell to the lowest point on record in fiscal year 2020. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Committee Says Insurers Should Have Options for Reporting '21 COVID Charges | 02/03/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Members of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Classification and Rating Committee on Tuesday signaled support for allowing California insurance c...Read More | |||
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Worker's Failure to Provide Notice Precludes Assertion of Claims | 02/03/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker could not assert a Labor Law claim against municipal defendants when his notice described only a tort action. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Increased Award of Attorney Fees | 02/03/2021 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an injured worker should have been entitled to increased attorney fees, costs and interest for his employer's failure to timely authorize surgery for a back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Workplace Safety Agency Proposes Permanent COVID-19 Rules | 02/03/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Division is proposing permanent rules intended to stop the spread of COVID-19 in workplaces by requiring employers to institute a set of risk-reduction measures. ...Read More | |||
