Workers' Compensation News
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Independent Contractor Can't Get Benefits for Injuries | 08/12/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits to a worker for his injuries from falling from a scaffold, finding he was an independent contractor. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Repetitive Constitutional Challenges to IRE Process | 08/12/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected yet another constitutional challenge to the state's new impairment rating evaluation procedure. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker With Alleged Injuries From Assisting Colleague in Emergency | 08/12/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for injuries allegedly suffered while assisting a colleague having a medical emergency. ...Read More | |||
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Goldberg Segalla Adds to Orange County, San Francisco Offices | 08/09/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Goldberg Segalla announced the addition of attorneys to its workers’ compensation defense practice groups in San Francisco and Orange County, California. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Civil Suit Over Worker's Fatal Heart Attack | 08/09/2024 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals overturned a grant of summary judgment dismissing a lawsuit against an employer and its in-house nurses, alleging that they failed to provide adequate treatment to a worker with symptoms of a heart attack before she died. ...Read More | |||
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WCC Activates Web-Based Data Entry App for DRG Reports | 08/09/2024 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court activated its web-based data entry application for diagnostic related group reports. T...Read More | |||
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Missed Deadlines, Lack of Discovery Wreck Worker's Request for Hearing | 08/09/2024 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s request for hearing was properly dismissed, given her failure to adhere to deadlines and failure to participate in discovery and a prehearing conference. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 08/09/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for falling from a scaffold. ...Read More | |||
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Board Errs in Finding Worker Not Entitled to More Benefits for Second Amputation | 08/09/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board of Review erred in finding that a worker who lost part of his leg was not entitled to any additional permanent partial disability after another portion of his leg was amputated. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB Imposes Additional $25,000 in Sanctions on Lawyer, Rep Who Abused Recon Process | 08/08/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board on Wednesday issued two en banc decisions imposing $25,000 in sanctions on a Southern California attorney and a hearing rep who filed reconsideration petitions to delay cases after a judge denied a request for a continuance. ...Read More | |||
