Workers' Compensation News
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Mitch Steiger Reappointed to CHSWC | 04/01/2025 | |
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| Mitch Steiger was reappointed to the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation for a term that runs through December 2028. ...Read More | |||
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No Additional Treatment for Worker's Alleged Conditions From Chemical Exposure | 04/01/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to additional medical treatment for her alleged conditions from chemical exposure, but she was entitled to additional temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Board Erred in Denying Carrier's Application for Review | 04/01/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board that denied an insurance carrier’s application for review because the carrier failed to file separate copies of the application form for each of the claims involving the same worker. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Post Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 04/01/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim for his injuries from being struck by a metal post. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Prison Worker's Award of Disability Retirement Benefits | 04/01/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals overturned a determination that a prison worker was entitled to disability retirement benefits for his psychiatric conditions. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Raising Age for Comp Judges | 04/01/2025 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill that, among other things, raises the minimum age for workers' compensation judges to 35 from 30. The g...Read More | |||
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Assembly Insurance Committee Hearing Comp Bills April 23 | 03/31/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly Insurance Committee scheduled an April 23 hearing for comp bills that would mandate standardized forms for med-legal evaluations, expand financial interest disclosure requirements to cover third-party service providers, amend the heart trouble presumption for state hospita...Read More | |||
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Amended Bill Proposes 4850 Time Based on County Population | 03/31/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill introduced to provide full-pay salary continuation benefits to park rangers in Sacramento was amended to make eligibility for the enhanced benefits contingent on the population of the county in which the park ranger is employed. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Worker's Claim for Bootlace-Tying Accident | 03/31/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for an employer that found a worker was not entitled to benefits for his injuries from a fall while trying to tie his bootlaces. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Scaffold | 03/31/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker with injuries from falling off a scaffold. Case: ...Read More | |||
