Workers' Compensation News
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Court Dismisses Carrier's Challenge to Compensability Finding | 10/21/2024 | |
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A Texas appellate court dismissed an insurance carrier’s challenge to a trial judge’s finding of compensability for a worker’s death, ruling that the judgment entered had been void. ...Read More | |||
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No Increase in Worker's PPD Award for Occupational Pneumoconiosis | 10/21/2024 | |
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State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award for occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds 45% SLU for Worker's Knee Injury | 10/21/2024 | |
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A New York appellate court upheld a 45% schedule loss of use award for a worker’s knee injury. Case: Matter of Wright v. Elme...Read More | |||
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Vocational School Owner Charged With Fraud | 10/18/2024 | |
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The California Department of Insurance announced that the owner of a private vocational school was charged with 11 felonies for allegedly submitting fraudulent bills to work comp carriers and failing to provide adequate training to injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Faces Civil Liability for Fatal Shooting | 10/18/2024 | |
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State: GA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that an employer can face civil liability for the death of an employee who was shot at work by a colleague. ...Read More | |||
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Most Carriers Score Average or Better in 2024 PBO | 10/18/2024 | |
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
All but four of the 130 insurance carriers that the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation evaluated through its performance-based oversight assessment scored average or better. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Temperature, Precipitation Linked to Frequency | 10/18/2024 | |
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Frequency increases modestly but consistently as temperatures climb, according to a study by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. NCC...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Worker's 1% PPD Award for Knee Injury | 10/18/2024 | |
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State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 1% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s knee injury. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Labor Law Claim Dismissed; Defendant's Indemnification Claim Revived | 10/18/2024 | |
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claim and revived a defendant’s third-party indemnification claim. ...Read More | |||
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Tire Maker Fined $271,930 for Fatal Injury | 10/18/2024 | |
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State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Federal workplace safety inspectors fined a tire maker in Georgia $271,930 for safety violations allegedly uncovered during the investigation of a fatal accident. ...Read More | |||
