Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Can't Get Rehearing by Blaming Former Attorney for Evidence Failure | 02/24/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a self-represented worker failed to prove entitlement to reconsideration or full board review by casting blame on his former attorney for failing to provide evidence at the initial board hearing. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Increase Attorney Fees | 02/24/2025 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The New Mexico House of Representatives passed a bill to increase attorney fees as well as the amount of discovery costs that employers can be ordered to advance to injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Failure to Complete Drug Test Doesn't Foreclose Benefits, Fees, Penalties | 02/24/2025 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Nebraska Court of Appeals upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to an injured worker despite his failure to complete a post-accident drug test, and it upheld an assessment of penalties and fees against his employer. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Worker Not Entitled to 104 Weeks of Rehab TTD | 02/24/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to rehabilitation temporary total disability benefits for 104 weeks. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: IDL Benefits Not Compensation; No Bump for Misconduct | 02/21/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Supreme Court on Thursday said a correctional officer who was seriously injured in a planned attack by inmates is not entitled to a 50% increase for serious and willful employer misconduct because the industrial disability leave benefits he received do not count as compensation....Read More | |||
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Bill Would Cut Training Requirement for Agents and Brokers | 02/21/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker introduced legislation that would nearly cut in half the duration of training that agents and brokers must complete to receive a license. ...Read More | |||
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General Assembly Passes Bill Clarifying Throat Cancer Presumption | 02/21/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Virginia lawmakers passed a bill clarifying the throat cancer presumption for specified first responders. Existing law presumes certai...Read More | |||
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Court Reissues Decision Vacating Award of Payment for Attendant Care Services | 02/21/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court reissued a decision vacating an award for attendant care services provided by a worker’s husband to clarify its reasoning. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Deadline for Dependents to Seek Allocation of Benefits | 02/21/2025 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that adding a dependent to an open death benefits claim does not constitute a separate claim, and there is no time limit for the dependent of a deceased employee to request an allocation of benefits under an open death benefits claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Part of Worker's Labor Law Action | 02/21/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of part of a worker’s Labor Law claim. Case: Jagdeo v. Borden House Co...Read More | |||
