Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Gets Presumption That Recent Symptoms Relate to Old Back Injury | 04/11/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| 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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| 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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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 | |||
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Business Owner Accused of $236,515 Premium Fraud Scheme | 04/10/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office charged a contractor with fraud for allegedly underreporting payroll to reduce his workers’ compensation premiums by $236,515. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Summary Judgment to Worker for Trip-and-Fall Claim | 04/10/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a denial of a worker’s motion for summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a trip-and-fall accident. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Not Entitled to Renew Motion for Summary Judgment | 04/10/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant was not entitled to renew its motion for summary judgment based on new evidence it provided. ...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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WCIRB Actuarial Committee Meets Thursday | 04/09/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Actuarial Committee is holding a virtual meeting Thursday. Committee members will discus...Read More | |||
