Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Expresses 'Profound Concern' With Administrative Denial of Claim | 04/12/2024 | |
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| 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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WCAB Proposes $40k in Sanctions, Alleges Pattern of Misusing Recon to Delay Trials | 04/11/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board on Wednesday issued an en banc order announcing its intent to sanction an attorney and a hearing representative a combined $40,000 for allegedly engaging in a pattern of seeking reconsideration of non-final orders to delay trials. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Announces $134,000 Fine for Asbestos Violations | 04/11/2024 | |
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| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries cited a company $134,000 for violating more than two dozen rules related to asbestos removal. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Judges Reappointed to Five-Year Terms | 04/11/2024 | |
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| The New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration announced that judges Tony Couture and David Skinner were reappointed to new five-year terms, effective Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Judge to Revisit Fee Award Prompted by Employer's Partially Unreasonable Contest of Claim | 04/11/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania overturned an award of attorney fees to an injured worker and ordered a judge to reconsider what the employer should pay, given that its challenge to the claim was unreasonable for a limited period. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Presumption That Recent Symptoms Relate to Old Back Injury | 04/11/2024 | |
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| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker was entitled to a presumption that some of his symptoms were related to an old back injury and that his employer failed to rebut it. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Loss-of-Use Calculation With Credit for Compensation Paid | 04/11/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld the calculation of a worker’s loss-of-use award as including a credit to her employer for a prior award. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Worker's Challenge to Dismissal of Civil Suit | 04/11/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court tossed a worker’s appeal of summary judgment in her civil suit for a work-related automobile accident. Cas...Read More | |||
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Senate Committee Hears Comp Bills Today | 04/10/2024 | |
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| 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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Traveling Employee Gets Award for Injuries From Fall Down Stairs at Office | 04/10/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a municipal worker was a traveling employee and entitled to benefits for his injuries from falling down stairs as he was leaving his office. ...Read More | |||
