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Ex-Police Officer's Deficient Briefing Compels Court to Uphold Dismissal of Her Claims 07/03/2025
State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer
A Texas appellate court upheld the dismissal of an injured police officer’s claims for wrongful termination and workers’ compensation retaliation. ...Read More
 
 

Injured Worker Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim 07/03/2025
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment on the issue of liability for his Labor Law claims, but some of the defendants should have had the claims against them dismissed. ...Read More
 
 

Court Revives Stevedore's Claim for Asbestos Exposure 07/03/2025
State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor
A Louisiana appellate court revived a claim for damages for a stevedore’s alleged industrial asbestos exposure. Case: May v...Read More
 
 

Worker Fails to Link Need for Name-Brand Medication to Occupational Pneumoconiosis 07/03/2025
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a doctor’s request for a worker to receive an oral medication prescribed for lung diseases. ...Read More
 
 

WCIRB Estimates $1.3B Underwriting Loss for 2024 07/02/2025
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
An increase in incurred losses and expenses, coupled with a decrease in earned premium, resulted in a $1.3 billion underwriting loss in 2024, according to a new report by the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California. ...Read More
 
 

WCIRB Names Eric Sanders Chief Customer Operations Officer 07/02/2025
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California on Tuesday announced the appointment of Eric Sanders as senior vice president and chief customer operations officer. ...Read More
 
 

Another Lawsuit Alleges Widespread Scheme to Stage Accidents 07/02/2025
State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
Two insurance companies filed a federal lawsuit accusing a prominent New York personal injury law firm and dozens of doctors, clinics and other defendants of orchestrating a massive fraud scheme built around staged construction accidents, medically unnecessary treatments and inflated settlement d...Read More
 
 

Manual Labor Exception Doesn't Apply to Independent Contractor's Workers 07/02/2025
State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that employees and contractors working for an independent contractor do not fall within the manual labor exception for entitlement to workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More
 
 

Association Not Proper Party to Widow's Claim for Benefits 07/02/2025
State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
A divided North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the state’s Self-Insurance Security Association was not a proper party to a widow’s claim for benefits after her late husband’s self-insured employer went insolvent. ...Read More
 
 

Benefits Claim Reinstated for Ex-Deputy With Multiple Amputations 07/02/2025
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit revived a former deputy sheriff’s claim for benefits under the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Act, finding that the Bureau of Justice Assistance had a duty to secure records from the jails at which he worked to determine whether...Read More
 
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