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Workers' Compensation News
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Industrial Commission to Discuss Wage Report
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07/11/2018
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State: ID | Segment: WEST | 73 | 0 | Popular with Government agency | 2 min read
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Members of the Idaho Industrial Commission are scheduled to hear a follow-up report recapping a subcommittee discussion of average weekly wages when they meet today in Boise.
The agenda for the meeting doesn’t provide any additional information about the substance of the follow-up r...Read More
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Worker Did Not State Viable Tort Claim Against Co-Workers
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07/11/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 77 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 21 min read
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The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker could not proceed with his tort claims against his allegedly negligent co-employees for failing to protect him against the risk of a fall while mopping bleachers on a university campus.
Case: Nolen v. Cunningham, No. ED101591-01, ...Read More
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Carrier Can't Pursue Payment of Lien from 3rd-Party Tortfeasor
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07/11/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 108 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 17 min read
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The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that a workers’ compensation insurance carrier could not state a viable claim against a third-party tortfeasor to recover the benefits it had paid to an injured worker after the worker settled her claim against the tortfeasor.
Case: State ex rel. ...Read More
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Cost-of-Living Adjustment to Rise Slightly Starting in January
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07/11/2018
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State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 121 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read
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Injured workers in Maryland will see a 1.29% increase in indemnity benefits starting Jan. 1, thanks to the annual cost-of-living adjustment, the Workers' Compensation Commission announced this week.
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Law School on Worker's Labor Law Claim
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07/11/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 185 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 58 min read
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A New York appellate court ruled that a law school was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing a construction worker’s Labor Law claim based on a trip-and-fall accident.
Case: Vita v. New York Law School, No. 2015-07603, 07/04/2018, published.
Facts: Michael Vita wo...Read More
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Contractor May be Too Sick to Face Trial for the Killing of a Worker Who Filed Claim
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07/11/2018
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State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 131 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 14 min read
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A Louisiana contractor accused of killing a worker who filed a compensation claim against him years ago is now too sick with cancer to stand trial, his attorney said.
A grand jury indicted Tommy Francise in 2016 for the murder of two workers, one killed in 1991, and the other in 2002, the...Read More
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Contract with State Required Employer to Provide Indemnification
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07/11/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 89 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 12 min read
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A New York appellate court ruled that the terms of an employer’s contract with a state agency required that the employer indemnify the state for any potential liability the state may have to an employee in his personal injury suit.
Case: New York State Department of Transportation v...Read More
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Disney Worker Killed in Industrial Accident
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07/11/2018
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 277 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 90 min read
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Authorities are investigating the death of a worker at a Walt Disney World resort in Orlando, in what Disney officials are calling an "industrial accident," according to ...Read More
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When a Policy Becomes A Rule, A Hearing Must Be Held
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07/11/2018
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State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 105 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 17 min read
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The Tennessee Bureau of Workers' Compensation will hold a public hearing Aug. 30 on proposed new rules regarding public records and copying fees.
The proposed rules would change very little ab...Read More
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Insurers Taking Crack at Eggshell Skull Rule in Apportionment Appeal
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07/10/2018
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By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 1596 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 33 min read
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A case pending before California’s 1st District Court of Appeal could determine whether the long-standing rule holding employers liable for permanent disability caused by the aggravation of a preexisting condition is relevant in the era of apportionment.
The 1st DCA in May granted a...Read More
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