Workers' Compensation News
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Average Set-Aside Fell Slightly in 2024 | 11/26/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The average Medicare set-aside recommended by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid’s Workers’ Compensation Review Contractor decreased slightly in the most recent fiscal year. ...Read More | |||
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Board Errs in Reviving Nurse's Benefits Claim for COVID-19 Infection | 11/26/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board erred in reviving a nurse’s claim for benefits for a COVID-19 infection. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Says Worker Should Get Surgery, Additional TTD | 11/26/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to surgery and additional temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Partial Summary Dismissal of Worker's Claims | 11/26/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a defendant was entitled to partial summary judgment dismissing a Labor Law claim by a worker allegedly injured by a malfunctioning power tool. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Judge Can Rule on Law She Sponsored as Legislator | 11/26/2024 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey said a workers' compensation judge is not automatically disqualified from ruling on disputes involving a law she sponsored when she was a member of the state Assembly. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Coverage Dispute for Teacher's Mesothelioma | 11/25/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals revived a dispute between two insurance carriers over which of them was liable for a former high school teacher’s mesothelioma claim. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Asks Lawmakers to Allow Remote Contested Hearings | 11/25/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation recommended that state lawmakers amend the law to allow contested case hearings by video conference if all parties agree. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Properly Denies Leave to Amend, Summary Judgment | 11/25/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendant in a Labor Law action was properly denied leave to amend its third-party complaint and properly denied summary judgment on its third-party claim. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendants Fail to Prove Entitlement to Summary Judgment | 11/25/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law action were not entitled to summary judgment. Case: Velasquez v. R...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Worker Can't Have 2nd Chance to Prove Compensability | 11/25/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to a second opportunity to establish compensability for his carpal tunnel syndrome after the issue had already been adjudicated and decided against him. ...Read More | |||
