Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Denies TTD to Worker Fired for Misconduct Before Surgery | 12/03/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a worker who was terminated for misconduct could not collect temporary total disability benefits after undergoing surgery for his compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Grants Worker Additional TTD After Expansion of Claim | 12/03/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker after post-concussive syndrome and post-traumatic headaches were added to his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of SLU Award for Worker's Shoulder | 12/03/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a schedule loss of use award for a worker’s shoulder injury. Case: Ma...Read More | |||
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Governor Vetoes Bill to Increase Preapproval Threshold | 12/03/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill that would have increased the threshold for determining whether medical procedures need prior approval. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusivity Doesn't Bar Worker's Claims for False Light, Defamation Against Employer | 12/02/2024 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawaii ruled that workers’ compensation exclusivity did not bar an employee from bringing defamation and false light claims against his employer and that the dismissal of a negligence claim should have been without prejudice. ...Read More | |||
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Operators of Roofing Business Plead Guilty to Comp Fraud, Other Charges | 12/02/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida announced that the operators of a Jacksonville roofing business pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including workers' compensation fraud. ...Read More | |||
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Lawsuit Seeks OSHA Records for Amazon Deaths | 12/02/2024 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A workers' rights group filed a lawsuit asking the U.S. District Court for New Jersey to order the Labor Department to hand over records of investigations into three Amazon worker deaths. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Seeking Refund Gets Writ Relief | 12/02/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that an employer participating in a group retrospective rating program was entitled to a writ of mandate. Case...Read More | |||
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Worker's Claim to Convert TTD to Specific Loss Award Not Mooted by His Death | 12/02/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker’s claim to convert his benefits from temporary total disability to specific loss benefits was not moot because he died from his work injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Worker Claims Retaliatory Firing for Comp Filing | 12/02/2024 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. employee in Kansas alleges in a lawsuit that his employer illegally fired him in retaliation for filing a workers' compensation claim, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
