Workers' Compensation News
| Worker Gets Award for Unwitnessed Fall Down Stairs | 05/09/2016 | ||
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 671 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 21 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a worker for his unwitnessed fall down a flight of stairs. Case: Matter of Ellis v. Frito Lay, No. 520961, 04/28/2016, published. Facts: Gavin Ellis was working by himself, unloading a trai...Read More | |||
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Comp Not Feeling Effect of ACA | 05/09/2016 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 660 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 13 min read | |||
| ORLANDO, Fla. — If the Affordable Care Act is having any effect on workers’ compensation systems, it’s nothing more than a ripple, according to National Council on Compensation Insurance Senior Economist Leonard Herk. ...Read More | |||
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6th Circuit Upholds Award of Black Lung Benefits to Coal Miner | 05/09/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 831 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 21 min read | |||
| The 6th U.S. Court of Appeals rejected an employer's challenge to a former coal miner's claim for Black Lung Benefits. Case:...Read More | |||
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AG, Senator Concerned About Workers' Exposure to Chemical Vapors | 05/09/2016 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 362 | 0 | Popular with Injured worker | 8 min read | |||
| Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson and U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, joined in Richland, Wash., on Thursday to voice their concerns over repeated exposure of workers to tank vapors at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. ...Read More | |||
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No VSSR Award for Widow of Crane Inspector Who Fell From Scissor Lift | 05/09/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 568 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 15 min read | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that the widow of a crane inspector was not entitled to an enhanced award of benefits because she failed to prove her husband's fatal fall was the result of his employer's violation of a specific safety requirement. ...Read More | |||
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Former St. Louis Mayor Sued Again for Alleged Malpractice in Comp Claim | 05/09/2016 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 451 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 17 min read | |||
| An injured worker has filed suit against a former mayor of St. Louis, charging that Freeman R. Bosley Jr. failed to adequately represent him in an Illinois workers' compensation claim, ...Read More | |||
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Workers' Comp Judge Appointed to Tulsa County Bench | 05/09/2016 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 704 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 5 min read | |||
| Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Judge Owen T. Evans has been appointed as special judge to fill a vacant seat at the Tulsa County District Court, ...Read More | |||
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Insulation Maker Cited for Fire Hazards, Silica Dust | 05/09/2016 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 414 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 11 min read | |||
| An insulation manufacturer in Pennsylvania has been hit with a number of safety violations including exposing workers to silica dust, and fire and explosion hazards, according to the U.S. Occupational Safety ...Read More | |||
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CSX Hit With Retaliation Charge, Ordered to Pay $32,000 | 05/09/2016 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 344 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered CSX Transportation Inc. to pay $32,000 in damages for retaliating against an employee who had told managers of safety violations at the company’s locomotive shop in Selkirk. ...Read More | |||
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Insurer Forms Partnership With Industrial Medicine Center | 05/09/2016 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 513 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 7 min read | |||
| Insurer LCTA Worker’s Comp on Tuesday announced that it had signed a partnership agreement with an occupational medicine group to help treat injured workers. ...Read More | |||
