Workers' Compensation News
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Court Says Damages Award Inadequate | 11/12/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned an award of damages after a defendant’s default in a Labor Law case, finding the award inadequate. ...Read More | |||
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WCB Meets to Discuss Attorney Fees | 11/12/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Board will discuss attorney fees during a Nov. 19 meeting. Board members will undertake the legally mandat...Read More | |||
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WCC Chair Elected to IWCF | 11/12/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that chairman Wesley G. Marshall was elected to the International Workers’ Compensation Foundation board of trustees. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Son of Sam Law Allows State to Take Murderer's Comp Settlement | 11/11/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appeals court said a law created nearly 50 years ago to ensure serial killer David Berkowitz couldn't profit from his murder spree supersedes work comp law and allows the state to take a murderer's work comp settlement to pay victim restitution. ...Read More | |||
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Worker, 3rd Party Defendant Both Get Partial Summary Judgment in Labor Law Action | 11/11/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim, and that a third-party defendant should have been granted summary judgment dismissing an indemnification claim against it. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Grant of Summary Judgment for Labor Law Defendant | 11/11/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should not have been granted summary judgment dismissing the claim against it. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request to Reopen Claim, Receive Additional Treatment | 11/11/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to reopen his claim or to receive additional benefits even though he received treatments and expanded the scope of his claim after he was assessed to be at maximum medical improvement. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Loses Appeal Due to His Failure to Provide Record of Prior Proceedings | 11/11/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the denial of a self-represented worker’s claim due to his failure to ensure there was a record of the administrative proceedings that resulted in the denial. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Announces $30M in Safety Grants | 11/11/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation announced it is offering up to $30 million in funding for safety grants to support research and development of equipment and technology to protect workers. ...Read More | |||
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L&I: Felony Charges Filed After Claimant Seen Lifting Weights at Gym | 11/11/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A worker collecting benefits for a back injury is facing fraud charges after he was reportedly observed lifting weights at a gym that exceeded the five-pound restriction his physician imposed, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industry announced. ...Read More | |||
