Workers' Compensation News
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State Joins Texas in Prohibiting Local Workplace Safety Rules | 04/16/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed a bill that prevents cities and counties from forcing private employers to do anything beyond what the federal government requires to protect their workers from heat injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Expresses 'Profound Concern' With Administrative Denial of Claim | 04/12/2024 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld a decision awarding benefits to a worker for a repetitive trauma injury, expressing “profound concern” with the administrative ruling that had rejected the claim. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Committee Hears Comp Bills Today | 04/10/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Members of the California Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee are scheduled to hear testimony today on bills that would create a presumption that heat-related injuries are compensable for farmworkers and would authorize temporary disability benefits when people miss work for ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Overturns Award to Field Surveyor for COVID-19 Infection | 04/10/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A divided Louisiana appellate court overturned a finding that an oil field surveyor was entitled to benefits on his occupational disease claim based on his contraction of COVID-19 while working out of state. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Man Has Schedule Injuries | 04/02/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a worker’s right shoulder and arm injuries are compensable, but they should not have been treated as nonschedule injuries. ...Read More | |||
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State OSHA Fines Construction Company for Repeated Safety Violations | 03/29/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oregon's Occupational Safety and Health Division fined a Bend-based construction company more than $103,00 for repeatedly failing to protect workers from fall hazards. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Finds Miner's Pneumoconiosis Didn't Contribute to His Death | 03/27/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker’s occupational pneumoconiosis did not materially contribute to his death. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Endorses 'Directly Related' Test for Compensability of Treatment | 03/26/2024 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Supreme Court expressly adopted a long-standing Court of Appeals precedent using the "directly related" test to determine whether the causal connection required for treatment to be compensable has been satisfied. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Additional Impairment for Coal Miner With Crush Injury | 03/26/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a coal miner was not entitled to additional disability for a crush injury to his left leg and foot. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Tosses Injured Worker's Wrongful Termination Claim Against Public Employer | 03/26/2024 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Nebraska Supreme Court threw out an injured worker’s wrongful termination claim against her public employer, finding the decision to fire her involved an element of judgment of the type that the Legislature intended to shield from tort action. ...Read More | |||
