Workers' Compensation News
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Property Owner Not Entitled to Summary Dismissal of Suit | 10/24/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals ruled that a property owner was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing a civil suit brought by an injured employee of a contractor hired to work at the premises. ...Read More | |||
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AWW Calculation Includes Lump-Sum Vacation Pay | 10/24/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the calculation of a worker’s average weekly wage that includes a lump sum of vacation pay with her wages, and it denied review of the employer’s constitutional challenge of the state’s statutory interest provisions. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Get Writ to Avoid Arbitration of Claim Against Nonsubscribing Employer | 10/23/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court denied an injured worker's petition for mandamus relief of a trial judge’s order compelling him to arbitrate a negligence claim against his nonsubscribing employer. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Furniture Maker Following Serious Injury | 10/23/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Federal workplace safety regulators fined a Texas manufacturer and designer of school furniture, saying the company could have prevented an injury by installing machine guards. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Link Amputation of Leg to Prior Work Accident | 10/23/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker failed to prove the amputation of his leg was related to his injuries from a fall in 2006. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award for Worker's Collapsed Lung | 10/23/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to benefits for a collapsed lung from an on-the-job exposure. Case: M...Read More | |||
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No Permanent Total Disability Benefits for Worker Who Lost Eye | 10/23/2024 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was not permanently and totally disabled by the loss of her left eye. ...Read More | |||
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WCS Posts Guidance on New Claims Administrator Law | 10/23/2024 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Workers' Compensation Section posted a sheet of answers to frequently asked questions about new requirements for claims administrators. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Medical Inflation Softens in 3rd Quarter | 10/23/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance said that after several years of ignoring broader economic patterns, medical inflation in the third quarter followed the softening trend in overall inflation. ...Read More | |||
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Claimant Confusion Leads to Lawsuits Against Comp Attorney | 10/22/2024 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A claimants' attorney in Mississippi is facing a trio of lawsuits after having a client arrested for cashing what turned out to be the settlement check of another injured worker with the same name. ...Read More | |||
