Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Clarifies Date Worker Became Entitled to Specific-Loss Benefits for Eye Injury | 11/08/2024 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a case of first impression, Maine’s highest court ruled that a worker was entitled to an award of specific-loss benefits for the loss of vision in his eye on the date of his injury, not the date that the extent of the loss of vision in his eye was determined. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Should Have Been Granted Continuance After Doctor's Unexpected Change in Opinion | 11/08/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that an employer should have been granted a continuance after its medical expert expressed an unforeseen change in opinion shortly before the scheduled hearing on a worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Injured Using Makeshift Ladder Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 11/08/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim for his injuries while dismounting a bucket he was using as a makeshift ladder. ...Read More | |||
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State Insurance Fund Gets Summary Judgment on Claim for Unpaid Premiums | 11/08/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for the State Insurance Fund on its claim for unpaid workers’ compensation premiums. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Holding Hearing About Latest AMA Guides | 11/08/2024 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alaska Workers' Compensation Division is holding a public meeting Dec. 10 to discuss adopting of the 2024 update to impairment rating guides. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Contractor for Exposing Workers to Deadly Falls | 11/08/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited a contractor in Crystal Lake, Illinois, for allegedly exposing workers to fall hazards. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB Panel Says Orders Taking Matters off Calendar Are Not Final, Ineligible for Reconsideration | 11/07/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Orders taking a matter off calendar are not final orders for the purposes of seeking reconsideration, the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board said in a what it designated as a "significant panel decision." ...Read More | |||
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High Court Asked to Order WCAB Decide 'Grant for Study' Cases | 11/07/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A petition was filed with the California Supreme Court requesting a writ of mandate directing the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board to render final decisions on cases in which it granted petitions for reconsideration for further study. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets 0% Award for Occupational Pneumconiosis | 11/07/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of 0% permanent partial disability for a worker’s occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Board Applied Wrong Standard of Proof to Social Worker's Claims of Injury from Dog | 11/07/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board applied the wrong standard of proof to a social worker seeking benefits for physical and psychological injuries from being pushed down by a dog. ...Read More | |||
