Workers' Compensation News
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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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Committee Schedules Hearing on Comp Bills | 03/19/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement will on March 26 hear testimony on bills that would bolster first responders' work comp benefits and require the state to protect workers in stonecutting shops. ...Read More | |||
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Amended Bill Requires Annual Notice of Workers' Rights | 03/19/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California employers would be required to provide employees with notice of a wide range of rights ranging from state workers' compensation laws to due process and other federal constitutional protections, under a recently amended bill. ...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 | |||
