Workers' Compensation News
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No Benefits for High School Band Director Killed at Accident Scene | 04/14/2025 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld the denial of benefits for a long-time high school band director who was killed while assisting motorists who were in a car accident he encountered while going home from a meeting. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Worker's Frivolous Appeal of Claim Denial | 04/14/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s untimely claim for benefits and dismissed his appeal as frivolous. Case:...Read More | |||
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Court Calls on General Assembly to Remedy Payment Structure | 04/14/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania asked lawmakers to address how medical providers are reimbursed after finding it was required to leave a doctor “essentially uncompensated” for his services. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Environmental Inspector's Labor Law Claims | 04/14/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of an environmental inspector’s Labor Law claims. Case: Cunningham...Read More | |||
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Reports: Jury Awards $145M for Unreasonable Denial of Comp Claim | 04/14/2025 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Colorado jury ordered NorGUARD Insurance Co. to pay $145 million — including $60 million in punitive damages — after finding that the Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary failed to approve treatment for a worker’s traumatic brain injury, according to multiple media reports. ...Read More | |||
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Amended Bill Would Require DWC to Post Annual Assessment of QME Reports | 04/11/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation would be required to post its medical director’s annual analysis of medical-legal reports to its website, under a recently amended bill. ...Read More | |||
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General Contractor Not Entitled to Summary Judgment, but Neither is Claimant | 04/11/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a general contractor was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s Labor Law claim against it and that the worker was not entitled to summary judgment, either. ...Read More | |||
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State AGs Announce $335 Million Settlement With Opioid Maker | 04/11/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Attorneys general from 15 states including Oregon, Illinois, New York and California jointly announced a $335 million settlement with opioid maker Mylan Inc. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Lawsuit Over Worker's Death | 04/11/2025 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld the summary dismissal of an administratrix’s civil suit against a worker’s colleagues and his employer for failing to timely render aid to him after he collapsed. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Judge Didn't Abuse Discretion in Declining to Set Aside Notice of Compensation Payable | 04/11/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a workers’ compensation judge did not abuse her discretion in declining to set aside an employer’s notice of compensation payable for a firefighter’s cancer, even though she found the notice had been issued by mistake. ...Read More | |||
