Workers' Compensation News
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School Teacher Gets Award of Benefits for Injuries from Fall | 02/07/2025 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a school teacher for her neck and back injuries from a fall. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Electronic Service Bill | 02/07/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill that would presume parties agree to electronic service of documents such as subpoenas or legal summons. ...Read More | |||
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Coal Mine Employee's 10% PPD Award for Occupational Pneumoconiosis Upheld | 02/07/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a coal mine employee was only entitled to a 10% permanent partial disability award for his occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Doesn't Get Summary Judgment on Indemnification Claim Against Employer | 02/07/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant was not entitled to summary judgment on its indemnification claims against an allegedly injured worker’s nonparty employer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Revives Worker's Labor Law Claims, Grants Summary Judgment | 02/07/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court partially overturned the dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims, and granted him summary judgment as to liability on his Section 240(1) claim. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Doesn't Violate FEHA When Worker Never Requests Accommodation | 02/06/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court ruled that an employer did not violate the Fair Employment and Housing Act by failing to engage in the interactive process or provide a reasonable accommodation when a worker never explicitly requested such an accommodation. ...Read More | |||
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COVID-19 Nonemergency Standards End | 02/06/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Industrial Relations announced that most of the non-emergency standards it adopted to prevent COVID-19 expired at the start of the month. ...Read More | |||
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Defendant Not Entitled to Assert Collateral Estoppel Defense Based on WCB Decision | 02/06/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a defendant in a civil action was not entitled to amend its answer to assert a collateral estoppel defense based on a finding by the Workers’ Compensation Board that the plaintiff’s injuries had resolved. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Findings of Fraud, Overpayment to Worker Collecting TTD While Employed | 02/06/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld findings of fraud and overpayment to a worker who collected temporary total disability benefits while employed at her then-boyfriend’s addiction rehabilitation center. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Denied PPD for COVID Infection, Post-COVID Syndrome | 02/06/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a denial of permanent partial disability benefits to a worker for her COVID-19 infection and post-COVID syndrome. ...Read More | |||
