Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Not Entitled to Additional TTD, Treatment for Back Injury | 03/21/2025 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to a closed period of temporary total disability benefits for a back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Benefits to WTC Site Volunteer | 03/21/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned the denial of benefits to a crisis response worker for her toxic exposures at the World Trade Center after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
