Workers' Compensation News
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High Court: 2019 Law Allows Civil Action for Disease to Proceed | 01/28/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Supreme Court said legislation authorizing civil actions after the close of statutory limits for occupational disease claims applies to illnesses discovered after the law was enacted in 2019. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Damages in Widow's Gross Negligence Claim Against Employer | 01/28/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court overturned an award of $2.2 million in damages to a worker’s widow on her gross negligence claim against the worker’s employer. ...Read More | |||
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Factory Worker Gets Benefits for COVID-19 Infection | 01/28/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a finding of compensability for a sugar factory worker’s COVID-19 infection. Case: ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker's Alleged Secondary Injuries From Concrete Falling on Foot | 01/28/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for benefits for alleged injuries secondary to a piece of concrete falling on his foot. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Request to Add PTSD to Worker's Claim | 01/28/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request to add post-traumatic stress disorder to her claim and for a second opinion and pain management for possible complex regional pain syndrome. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Reappoints Sean Quinn to Comp Court | 01/28/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for a second time reappointed Sean M. Quinn to a six-year term as a judge on the state's Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Posts Agendas for Educational Conference | 01/27/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation posted agendas for its annual Educational Conference being held in March. Sessions w...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says Worker With New, Higher-Paying Job Gets Benefits Based on Industrial Disability | 01/27/2025 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker was entitled to compensation based on his industrial disability, not his earning power, after he quit his job and took a higher-paying position. ...Read More | |||
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Board Uses Improper SLU Assessment for Transit Worker | 01/27/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board made an improper schedule loss of use assessment regarding a comparison of contralateral members. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Partial Summary Judgment | 01/27/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should have been granted summary judgment on some of a worker’s claims, but the remaining claims were properly allowed to proceed. ...Read More | |||
