Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Seeks to Address Understaffing at Cal/OSHA | 04/03/2025 | |
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| A California lawmaker introduced legislation that seeks to address the shortage in the Division of Occupational Safety and Health's enforcement division. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Airport Firefighter Presumption Expansion | 04/03/2025 | |
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| The California Senate unanimously passed a bill that would add firefighters at certain airports and other federal facilities to the statutes creating presumptions covering ailments ranging from hernias to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections to cancer. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Unable to Collect on Comp Claim Doesn't Qualify as Uncompensated Tort Victim | 04/03/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that a worker who prevailed on a workers’ compensation claim against his uninsured employer and was unable to collect any payment could not turn to the Tort Victims’ Compensation Fund for help because he was not an uncompensated tort victim. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Gets Lifetime Ban on Benefits for Lying About His Condition | 04/03/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a lifetime ban on a worker’s receipt of benefits for his egregious misrepresentation of his condition for years. ...Read More | |||
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Intoxication at Time of Accident Doesn't Bar Worker From Receiving Benefits | 04/03/2025 | |
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| A New York appellate court upheld an award to a worker for his injuries from the second in a series of car accidents that occurred while he was intoxicated. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Compensability for Worker's Cervical Disc Condition | 04/03/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a denial of compensability for a worker’s cervical disc conditions, finding that the Board of Review committed a clear error in failing to consider a treating doctor’s opinion on causation. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Pass Bill to Increase UEF Assessment | 04/03/2025 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Maryland lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill that would increase a special assessment for the Uninsured Employers' Fund to 1.5% from 1% to ensure the stability and solvency of the program. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes Bill Allowing Administrator to Receive Benefit Payments | 04/03/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Montana lawmakers unanimously passed a bill that would authorize a benefits administrator to receive payments on behalf of a minor or an incompetent person. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Says Jury Must Decide Whether Termination Was Retaliatory | 04/02/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal court in Florida ruled that a jury must decide whether a trucking company terminated a driver in retaliation for seeking accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act or for filing a workers' compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Payment of Wages to Cop With COVID Wasn't in Lieu of Benefits | 04/02/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a city’s payment of wage continuation benefits to a police officer after she contracted COVID-19 was not an acceptance of liability for her illness as compensable. ...Read More | |||
