Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Can Pursue Tort Claim Undisclosed in Bankruptcy Proceedings | 06/09/2025 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker was not judicially estopped from pursuing his personal injury claim against a third-party tortfeasor even though he failed to disclose it in his previous bankruptcy proceedings. ...Read More | |||
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Jury Charges Postal Carrier With Double-Dipping | 06/09/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal grand jury in Kentucky indicted a former postal carrier for allegedly double-dipping and receiving workers’ compensation benefits while also working for a family rental business. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Tom Girardi Sentenced to 87 Months for Stealing From Clients | 06/06/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles announced that disbarred personal injury lawyer Tom Girardi was sentenced to 87 months in prison for embezzling tens of millions of settlement money from clients. ...Read More | |||
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Hospital Presumption, Bill Review and Fraud Reporting Measures Pass | 06/06/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers voted to pass bills to create a presumption that certain injuries are compensable for hospital workers, allow independent bill review to resolve disputes over contractual discounts and require certain entities to report suspected premium fraud to the state. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Judicial Court Says Worker Did Not Timely File Petition to Restore Benefits | 06/06/2025 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Maine’s highest court ruled that an administrative law judge properly dismissed a worker’s petition for the restoration of benefits for a 1996 injury as untimely. ...Read More | |||
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Defendants in Injured Worker's Civil Suit Can't Be Compelled to Respond to Discovery | 06/06/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that the defendants in an injured worker’s civil suit should not have been compelled to respond to his pre-arbitration discovery requests. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Miner Proved Work, Not Smoking, Caused COPD | 06/06/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| A federal court found that a former coal miner with a lengthy history of smoking provided sufficient evidence for a trial judge to conclude that his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was attributable at least in part to his work. ...Read More | |||
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Court Grants Partial Summary Judgment to Worker Who Fell From Platform | 06/06/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. Case: Riva...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Brick Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 06/06/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from being struck by a falling brick. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Provider Choice Bill as Step Toward Privatizing Pinnacol | 06/06/2025 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill that allows injured workers to choose a treating physician, saying the measure represents a step in the direction of privatizing Pinnacol Assurance. ...Read More | |||
