Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Calculation of Pipe Fitter's AWW | 10/16/2024 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld the calculation of a union pipe fitter’s average weekly wage from a project where he was injured. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Motorized Bicycles After Happy Hour Event Gets Benefits | 10/16/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to benefits for his injuries from being struck by two motorized bicycles after he left a happy hour event. ...Read More | |||
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No PTD for Worker With Residual Work Capacity | 10/16/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for permanent total disability benefits, finding that she had some residual work capacity. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Upholds Damage Award for Carrier's Breach of Contract | 10/16/2024 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was entitled to more than $541,000 in damages for its insurance carrier’s breach of contract. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Announces 8.4% Loss Cost Decrease | 10/16/2024 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro on Wednesday announced that voluntary market loss costs will decrease by an average of 8.4% on Dec. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Twice-Convicted Fraudster Charged in Alleged $100M Scheme | 10/15/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A man convicted of fraud in two separate cases 15 years apart and who was kicked out of California's workers' compensation system seven years ago is facing new fraud charges for a scheme that allegedly started in 2020. ...Read More | |||
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9th Circuit Establishes LHWCA Compensation for Hearing Loss, Tinnitus | 10/15/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that an injured longshoreman who has hearing loss in one ear and bilateral tinnitus is properly compensated at the statutory rate. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Calculation of Worker's AWW, Denial of Statutory Multiplier | 10/15/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the calculation of an injured worker’s average weekly wage and a determination that her award was not subject to a multiplier. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Doesn't Waive Subrogation Claim | 10/15/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania overturned a ruling that an employer had waived its subrogation claim for the benefits it paid to an injured worker in a settlement. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Increased PPD Award | 10/15/2024 | |
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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. ...Read More | |||
