Workers' Compensation News
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WCB Execs Entitled to Summary Judgement in Judge's Retaliation Claim | 03/17/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate refused to revive a lawsuit brought by an administrative law judge who says executives at the New York State Workers' Compensation Board violated his 1st Amendment rights by rescinding a promotion after watching a video of him arguing with a train conductor about masking p...Read More | |||
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Court: Comp Covers Fatal Accidents for School Volunteers | 03/14/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court said workers' compensation is the exclusive remedy for the family and estate of a school district volunteer who was killed in a fatal accident during a food drive. ...Read More | |||
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Worker With Preexisting Back Issues Gets Award for New Injury | 03/14/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a worker’s back injury. Case: BET Ltd. v....Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Part of Former Railway Worker's FELA Action | 03/14/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a retired railway worker stated a viable claim under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act for his cumulative trauma injuries, so a grant of summary judgment dismissing his entire action had not been appropriate. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Upholds Dismissal of Worker's Discrimination, Retaliation Claim | 03/14/2025 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of an injured worker’s claims of discrimination and retaliation. Case:...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Revives Worker's Labor Law Claim for Cart Accident | 03/14/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law action for his injuries from a cart mishap. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Applicants' Attorney Elliot Berkowitz Dies | 03/13/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 5 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Southern California applicants' attorney Elliot Berkowitz died Sunday at the age of 76. He is survived by his two daughters, Dayna and A...Read More | |||
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Police Officer Timely Files Claim for PTSD Years After Triggering Event | 03/13/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a police officer timely filed his claim for post-traumatic stress disorder almost a decade after the event that triggered his condition. ...Read More | |||
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Payment of Cop's Salary Doesn't Constitute Acceptance of Liability for COVID-19 Infection | 03/13/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a police officer’s receipt of his full salary for a period after contracting COVID-19 was not an acknowledgment of compensability for his condition. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Partial Summary Judgment Dismissing Worker's Claims | 03/13/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should have been granted partial summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claims. ...Read More | |||
