Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Overturns Award for Worker With Preexisting Conditions | 12/06/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court overturned an award of benefits to an injured worker, finding that additional evidence was needed to establish whether his preexisting conditions created an ascertainable impairment. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Credible Testimony Supports Award for Injuries | 12/06/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker established his entitlement to benefits for his injuries from an accident at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Safety Standards for Stone Slab Products | 12/05/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill introduced ahead of the 2025 legislative session aims to protect workers in stonecutting shops from exposure to respirable crystalline silica. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes 4850 Time for Sacramento Park Rangers | 12/05/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker introduced legislation to codify in statute full-pay salary continuation benefits for park rangers in Sacramento County just months after Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a veto message that rangers should negotiate benefits as part of the collective bargaining process. ...Read More | |||
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CHSWC Meets Dec. 13 | 12/05/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Members of the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation will hear during a Dec. 13 meeting an update on the California Department of Industrial Relations' hiring efforts. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Claims by Worker With PTSD | 12/05/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals revived an employment discrimination case by a worker against his employer and others who participated in the process that led to the denial of his claim for workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Affirms Denial of Benefits for Worker's Additional Diagnoses | 12/05/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits for an injured worker's diagnoses of sacrococcygeal disorder and sacroiliitis. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Awards Benefits to Cancer-Stricken Volunteer Firefighter | 12/05/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a volunteer firefighter was entitled to benefits for cancer. Case: B...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Show Labor Market Attachment | 12/05/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the suspension of a worker’s benefits due to her failure to demonstrate attachment to the labor market. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Proposes Changes to Voucher Rules | 12/04/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation is proposing changes to the rules governing the Supplemental Job Displacement Benefits voucher. ...Read More | |||
