Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim for Hearing Loss Conditions | 02/28/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for his hearing loss and tinnitus. Case: In the Matter of Fishe...Read More | |||
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Employer Not Bound by Stipulation as Responsible Operator for Black Lung Claim | 02/28/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that an employer was not bound by a stipulation it made to be the responsible operator for a claim for black lung benefits in a subsequent claim by the same worker. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Target Unauthorized Workers, Their Employers | 02/28/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Montana lawmakers have introduced bills to deny workers' compensation benefits for those not authorized to work in the country and suspend business licenses for the employers that hire them. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Not Entitled to Summary Dismissal of Worker's Claims | 02/28/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claims. Case...Read More | |||
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Denial of Disability Retirement Payments Not an Adverse Employment Action | 02/27/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court on Tuesday ruled that an employer denying a request for disability retirement benefits is not an adverse employment action under the state's Fair Employment and Housing Act. ...Read More | |||
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IG Announces $109,000 in Restitution Paid in Fraud Case | 02/27/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York State Inspector General's Office announced that a woman paid $109,000 in restitution after she was convicted of collecting workers' compensation benefits intended for her husband after he died in 2018. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Proposes Reforms to Improve Medical Treatment Access | 02/27/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced a package of legislative and regulatory reforms intended to improve injured workers' access to medical treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Coal Miner's Widow Can Benefit From Presumption of Occupational Pneumoconiosis | 02/27/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a coal miner’s widow, finding that a statutory presumption of occupational pneumoconiosis applied to her claim even though the miner’s death was caused by an acute illness as opposed to a chronic pulmonary condition. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Worker's Labor Law Claim, Grants Partial Summary Judgment | 02/27/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a worker’s Labor Law claim for his injuries from being struck by falling concrete and granted him summary judgment against some of the defendants. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim for Shoulder Injury | 02/27/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for a shoulder injury. Case: Lemaster ...Read More | |||
