Workers' Compensation News
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Court: No Duty for Employers to Prevent the Spread of COVID Beyond Employees | 07/07/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Although workers’ compensation exclusivity would not prohibit a spouse from pursuing a negligence claim against an employer if a worker contracts COVID-19 in the workplace and brings it home, California’s Supreme Court on Thursday said employers have no duty of care to prevent the spr...Read More | |||
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Charges Dismissed in Orange County Fraud Case | 07/07/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Prosecutors in Southern California on Thursday dismissed criminal charges filed against four people accused of participating in a widespread capping scheme. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Accepting Applications for QME Exam in October | 07/07/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that it is accepting applications for a qualified medical evaluator examination that will be held from Oct. 14-21. ...Read More | |||
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Man Pleads No Contest to Charges in Premium Fraud Scheme | 07/07/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Northern California man who operated a company that was used to launder millions of dollars in payroll for a security firm as part of a work comp premium fraud scheme pleaded no contest to insurance fraud and money laundering charges. ...Read More | |||
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General Contractor Entitled to Indemnification, Partial Dismissal of Claims | 07/07/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the partial dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims for an accident involving a bucket hoist and ruled that the general contractor should have been granted summary judgment on its indemnification claim against a subcontractor. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Accepts Surrender of Attorney's Law License for Misappropriating Client Funds | 07/07/2023 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Supreme Court of Georgia last week accepted an attorney’s voluntary surrender of his law license for misusing an injured worker’s settlement funds. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Seeks Comments on Judicial Applicants | 07/07/2023 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte is seeking comments on applicants to fill a workers’ compensation judicial vacancy. The governor has received a...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Voluntarily Left State Can't Get TTD | 07/07/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an injured worker should have been ineligible for temporary total disability benefits after she quit her job to move out of state. ...Read More | |||
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Costs of Employer Medical Evaluations Can Be Recouped From Worker's 3rd-Party Recovery | 07/07/2023 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a state employer was entitled to reimbursement of its medical evaluation expenses from an injured employee's third-party recovery. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Finds No Duty for Employers to Prevent Spread of COVID-19 Beyond Workers | 07/06/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California employers do not owe a duty of care to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to employees’ household members, the state’s high court ruled Thursday. ...Read More | |||
