Workers' Compensation News
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Department Timely Denies Worker's Request to Reopen Claim | 04/15/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals ruled that the Department of Labor & Industries timely denied a worker’s request to reopen his claim more than 90 days after it was filed because it acted within 90 days after the closure became final. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Org Owners Sentenced to Prison for Fraud Scheme | 04/14/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owners of a labor organization convicted of workers’ compensation and pension fraud in 2024 were sentenced to two to five years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Rejects City's Argument to Recover $106,000 in Overpayments to Firefighter | 04/14/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York’s highest court rejected a city’s efforts to claw back $106,000 in overpayments to an injured firefighter. The New York Court ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for High School Band Director Killed at Accident Scene | 04/14/2025 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld the denial of benefits for a long-time high school band director who was killed while assisting motorists who were in a car accident he encountered while going home from a meeting. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Worker's Frivolous Appeal of Claim Denial | 04/14/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s untimely claim for benefits and dismissed his appeal as frivolous. Case:...Read More | |||
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Court Calls on General Assembly to Remedy Payment Structure | 04/14/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania asked lawmakers to address how medical providers are reimbursed after finding it was required to leave a doctor “essentially uncompensated” for his services. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Environmental Inspector's Labor Law Claims | 04/14/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of an environmental inspector’s Labor Law claims. Case: Cunningham...Read More | |||
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Reports: Jury Awards $145M for Unreasonable Denial of Comp Claim | 04/14/2025 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Colorado jury ordered NorGUARD Insurance Co. to pay $145 million — including $60 million in punitive damages — after finding that the Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary failed to approve treatment for a worker’s traumatic brain injury, according to multiple media reports. ...Read More | |||
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Amended Bill Would Require DWC to Post Annual Assessment of QME Reports | 04/11/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation would be required to post its medical director’s annual analysis of medical-legal reports to its website, under a recently amended bill. ...Read More | |||
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General Contractor Not Entitled to Summary Judgment, but Neither is Claimant | 04/11/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a general contractor was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s Labor Law claim against it and that the worker was not entitled to summary judgment, either. ...Read More | |||
