Workers' Compensation News
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Employee Can't Maintain Tort Suit Against Colleague, Employer for Car Accident | 11/22/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a school district employee could not maintain a tort action against a colleague and their employer for injuries from a car accident that happened as she was leaving work. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Worker's Attempt to Challenge Apportionment | 11/22/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court dismissed a worker’s appeal of a decision apportioning liability on grounds that he had not been aggrieved by the ruling. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Closure of Claim | 11/22/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the closure of a worker’s claim based upon allegedly incorrect information. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Judge Allows Worker's Civil Complaint Over Walmart Shooting | 11/22/2023 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| For the second time in a month, a Virginia circuit court judge allowed a worker to move forward with a multimillion-dollar civil suit against an employer based on claims arising from a workplace shooting. ...Read More | |||
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Privette Doctrine Immunizes Property Owner From Liability to Contractor's Injured Employee | 11/21/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against a property owner by a contractor’s injured employee. ...Read More | |||
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Pharmacy Owners, Doctor Convicted in $90M Fraud Scheme | 11/21/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a federal jury in Texas convicted a doctor and the owners of a pharmacy of participating in a scheme that netted $90 million in payments for medically unnecessary compound creams prescribed to injured federal workers in exchange for kickbacks. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Department: Worker Faked Claims for Time Off, Free Health Care | 11/21/2023 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Idaho Department of Insurance said a woman in Boise who admitted to filing workers’ compensation claims for self-inflicted injuries because she wanted time off work and free health care was sentenced to 30 days in jail. ...Read More | |||
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Retail Worker Gets Benefits for COVID Infection, Consequential Stroke | 11/21/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a retail worker for his contraction of COVID-19 and consequential stroke. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits, New Trial for Self-Represented Worker | 11/21/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the denial of a self-represented worker’s claim for benefits and motion for a new trial. ...Read More | |||
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Law Bars Employee's Suit Against District | 11/21/2023 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled that claims against the district as a substitute defendant under one law are barred by the exclusivity provision of another. ...Read More | |||
