Workers' Compensation News
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Nurse's Benefits Suspended Over Refusal to Attend Evaluation via Telehealth | 07/25/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals upheld the suspension of an injured nurse’s benefits because she refused to participate in a telehealth evaluation requested by her employer. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Cites Concern Over Access to Benefits in Request for Silicosis Claim Study | 07/24/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said he is concerned that a growing number of workers are developing silicosis on the job but struggling to get workers’ compensation benefits for the incurable lung disease. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Fatal Heart Attack Compensable, Worker's Adult Son Qualifies as Beneficiary | 07/24/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Illinois appeals court overturned the denial of death benefits to a deceased worker’s adult son, finding that the father's fatal heart attack was compensable and that the son was an eligible survivor. ...Read More | |||
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Panel Rejects Constitutional Challenges to Statutory Construction, Definition of 'Injury' | 07/24/2024 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Supreme Court of Tennessee’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel rejected a constitutional challenge to the statutory construction requirements for the state Workers’ Compensation Law and the statutory definition of an injury. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker May Not Set Aside Settlement With Employer | 07/24/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker was not entitled to set aside the workers’ compensation settlement she reached with her employer. ...Read More | |||
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ALJ Abuses Discretion in Denying Worker's Request for Relief | 07/24/2024 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that an administrative law judge committed an abuse of discretion in denying a worker’s request for relief from the dismissal of her hearing due to her failure to appear. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Posts Rulemaking Notice for Fee Schedule, Related Documents | 07/24/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation posted a notice of development of rulemaking to implement the most recent edition of its health care provider fee schedule and related documents. ...Read More | |||
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State Lacks Jurisdiction Over Worker's Injury Claim | 07/23/2024 | |
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| State: VT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Vermont Supreme Court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s claim for benefits for an out-of-state injury. Ian Bu...Read More | |||
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DOL Says Injunction Protects Against Retaliation | 07/23/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor said a federal court in Washington state issued an injunction preventing the U.S. Postal Service from retaliation against employees. ...Read More | |||
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Widow Timely Files Asbestos-Related Occupational Disease Claim | 07/23/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a widow timely filed her claim for benefits for a worker’s death from an occupational disease caused by his asbestos exposure and that she presented sufficient evidence to support the jury’s verdict in her favor....Read More | |||
