Workers' Compensation News
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Report: Proposal to Provide Work Comp to Teachers Stalls | 03/21/2025 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama Daily News reports that a bill to provide workers' compensation benefits to the state's teachers has stalled in a House of Representatives committee. ...Read More | |||
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One-Year Limitation Period for FEHA Complaint Fatal to Worker's Claim | 03/20/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court affirmed summary judgment dismissing a retaliation and age discrimination complaint after finding that the worker's allegations were based on activity outside the limitation period. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Schedules Hearing on Pharmaceutical Fee Schedule Bill | 03/20/2025 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A committee in the Maryland House of Delegates is scheduled to hear testimony March 26 on a bill that would authorize the Workers' Compensation Commission to create a pharmaceutical fee schedule. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Widow's Claim for Death Benefits | 03/20/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned the denial of a widow’s claim for death benefits. Case: Matter of Hanson v. General...Read More | |||
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Injured Security Guard Fails to Prove Entitlement to PPD Benefits | 03/20/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an injured security guard was not entitled to permanent partial disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Second Injury Fund Not Liable for Worker's PTD Benefits | 03/20/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a finding that the state Second Injury Fund was not liable for the payment of permanent total disability benefits for a worker with two knee injuries, a shoulder injury and psychiatric conditions. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker's Knee Injury From Office Fall | 03/20/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for a knee injury from a fall at her office. Case: Ro...Read More | |||
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L&I: Dairy Worker Charged in $122,000 Scam | 03/20/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries said a farmhand who claimed that injuries he sustained while corralling a runaway cow prevented him from working is facing a felony theft charge for not reporting his employment at another farm while he collected more than $122,000 in work c...Read More | |||
| Court Says Attorney's Conviction Violates Williamson Rule, Tosses 33 of 37 Verdicts | 03/19/2025 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court on Tuesday ruled that an attorney who participated in a kickback scheme was improperly charged with a general crime that carried a harsher penalty rather than a more specific crime with a lesser penalty and reversed convictions on 33 of 37 counts. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Schedules Hearing on Comp Bills | 03/19/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement will on March 26 hear testimony on bills that would bolster first responders' work comp benefits and require the state to protect workers in stonecutting shops. ...Read More | |||
