Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Overturns Award for Out-of-State Worker Injured En Route to Dinner | 12/23/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court overturned an award of benefits to a worker who had relocated from out-of-state for a job, finding an accident that occurred while he was traveling to dinner before his scheduled shift was not in the course and scope of his employment. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Worker's Challenge to PPD Award | 12/23/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals rejected a worker’s request for an increase in his permanent partial disability award. ...Read More | |||
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Split High Court Relies on Law of Case to Dismiss Worker's Challenges | 12/23/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A divided Kentucky Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for benefits for a host of conditions, with a majority relying on the law of the case as the basis to dismiss most of the worker’s arguments on appeal. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck By Steel Beam Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 12/23/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to a worker struck by a steel beam that was being hoisted. Case: Do...Read More | |||
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WCD Adopts Temporary Billing Code Rules | 12/23/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division published temporary rules, effective Jan. 1, that it says will allow providers and carriers to use 2025 medical billing codes immediately. ...Read More | |||
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Joel Sacks Reappointed as Director of L&I | 12/23/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Gov.-elect Bob Ferguson announced that he is reappointing Joel Sacks as director of the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Estate Fails to Establish Viable Civil Suit Against Co-Employee | 12/20/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that the estate of a worker killed in an assembly line accident failed to establish a viable gross negligence claim against a co-employee. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Approves 2025 Medical Audit Plan | 12/20/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation approved the 2025 Medical Quality Review Annual Audit Plan. The annual plan establishes priorities fo...Read More | |||
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No Additional TTD for Worker With Back Injury | 12/20/2024 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a denial of additional temporary total disability benefits for a worker’s back injury. Cas...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award for Diesel Mechanic's Back Injury | 12/20/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a diesel mechanic for a back injury. Case: P...Read More | |||
