Workers' Compensation News
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WCIRB Webinar to Cover Geographic Differences in Claims | 11/06/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau will present the findings from its latest study on the variation of claim characteristics in different parts of California during a Dec. 4 webinar. ...Read More | |||
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Grievously Injured Worker Bound by Limitations Period Shortened by Contract He Signed as Teen | 11/06/2024 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Michigan Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a tort claim saying the injured worker agreed to a shorter statute of limitations in a contract he signed as a teen. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Schedule Loss of Use for Prior Accident Can't Be Deducted from SLU for New Injury | 11/06/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a decision deducting the schedule loss of use for a worker’s prior shoulder injury from the schedule loss of use for a later arm injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Coal Miner's Claim for Injuries from Fall | 11/06/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a coal miner’s claim of injury from a fall. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell in Elevator Shaft Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 11/06/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker’s Labor Law claim based on his fall while working in an elevator shaft. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Adds Attorney Consultation Notice to Workplace Poster | 11/05/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation updated a poster employers are required to display in the workplace to add language advising people of their right to consult an attorney following an injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Closure of Worker's Claim, Denial of Request to Add Conditions, for More Treatment | 11/05/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the closure of a worker’s claim, the denial of his requests for additional treatment and the denial of his request to expand the scope of his claim. ...Read More | |||
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DOL Reports Decline in Workplace Fatality Investigations | 11/05/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor reported an 11% reduction in workplace fatality investigations in the most recent fiscal year. The ...Read More | |||
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Judge Grants Summary Judgment to Worker Struck by Falling Panel | 11/05/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker struck by a falling panel should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Pipe Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 11/05/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker’s Labor Law claim. Case: ...Read More | |||
