Workers' Compensation News
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Contracted Work Length Makes Comp Exclusive Remedy for Injured Skylight Installer | 04/15/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation is the exclusive remedy for a man who was contracted to spend more than 52 hours on a residential skylight installation project but was injured before hitting the 52-hour mark, a California appellate court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Former Accounting Chief at Defunct Law Firm Sentenced to Prison for Embezzlement | 04/15/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The man who led the accounting department of a defunct Los Angeles law firm was sentenced Friday to 121 months in federal prison for his role in the organization's long-running embezzlement operation. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Governing Committee to Discuss Rate Filing Wednesday | 04/15/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Governing Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California is scheduled to vote on its Sept. 1, 2025, advisory pure premium rate recommendation during a meeting Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award to Worker for Aggravation of Preexisting Knee Condition | 04/15/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award of benefits to a worker for the aggravation of his preexisting knee condition. Case:...Read More | |||
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Applied Underwriters Announces Leadership Appointments at United Risk | 04/15/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Applied Underwriters announced leadership appointments at its United Risk Group, effective immediately. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Get Relief Based on Attorney's Failure to Appear | 04/15/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s motion for relief from the dismissal of her claim based on her attorney’s failure to appear at a case management conference. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Pursue Civil Remedy Against Employer for Vicarious Liability | 04/15/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment that found a worker could not proceed with a civil suit against his employer based on a theory of vicarious liability for the conduct of his alleged assailant. ...Read More | |||
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Department Timely Denies Worker's Request to Reopen Claim | 04/15/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals ruled that the Department of Labor & Industries timely denied a worker’s request to reopen his claim more than 90 days after it was filed because it acted within 90 days after the closure became final. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Org Owners Sentenced to Prison for Fraud Scheme | 04/14/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owners of a labor organization convicted of workers’ compensation and pension fraud in 2024 were sentenced to two to five years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Rejects City's Argument to Recover $106,000 in Overpayments to Firefighter | 04/14/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York’s highest court rejected a city’s efforts to claw back $106,000 in overpayments to an injured firefighter. The New York Court ...Read More | |||
