Workers' Compensation News
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Court Revives Widow's Claim for Death Benefits | 03/20/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned the denial of a widow’s claim for death benefits. Case: Matter of Hanson v. General...Read More | |||
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Injured Security Guard Fails to Prove Entitlement to PPD Benefits | 03/20/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an injured security guard was not entitled to permanent partial disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Second Injury Fund Not Liable for Worker's PTD Benefits | 03/20/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a finding that the state Second Injury Fund was not liable for the payment of permanent total disability benefits for a worker with two knee injuries, a shoulder injury and psychiatric conditions. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker's Knee Injury From Office Fall | 03/20/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for a knee injury from a fall at her office. Case: Ro...Read More | |||
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L&I: Dairy Worker Charged in $122,000 Scam | 03/20/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries said a farmhand who claimed that injuries he sustained while corralling a runaway cow prevented him from working is facing a felony theft charge for not reporting his employment at another farm while he collected more than $122,000 in work c...Read More | |||
| Court Says Attorney's Conviction Violates Williamson Rule, Tosses 33 of 37 Verdicts | 03/19/2025 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court on Tuesday ruled that an attorney who participated in a kickback scheme was improperly charged with a general crime that carried a harsher penalty rather than a more specific crime with a lesser penalty and reversed convictions on 33 of 37 counts. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Entitlement to Additional TTD for Back Injury | 03/19/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the closure of a worker’s claim for temporary total disability benefits for a back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Lied About Running Business Forfeits Benefits | 03/19/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the disqualification of a worker from receiving benefits due to his concealment of the fact he was running a home improvement business. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Attorney's 20% Fee Against Worker's Medical Benefits | 03/19/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a judge’s decision to deny approval of a fee agreement allowing an attorney to receive 20% of a worker’s outstanding and future medical benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Zurich, Origin Partner on Hospitality Coverage | 03/19/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Zurich North America announced that one of its subsidiaries is partnering with Origin Specialty Underwriters to offer work comp coverage for small- to middle-market hotels and restaurants. ...Read More | |||
