Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Who Abandoned Job Market Can't Get Additional TTD | 03/08/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a finding that a worker was not entitled to additional temporary total disability benefits because she voluntarily abandoned the job market. ...Read More | |||
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Man Sentenced to Probation, Restitution for Comp Scam | 03/08/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A 55-year-old Monroe County man was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay back more than $16,000 in stolen workers' compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Drill Site Operators Win Summary Judgment After Worker's Death | 03/08/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld summary judgment dismissing the negligence claims against the operators of an oil drill site for a worker’s death. ...Read More | |||
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Ex-Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to $35,000 Benefits Fraud | 03/08/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A former New York corrections officer who took more than $35,000 in workers' compensation indemnity benefits to which he was not entitled pleaded guilty Thursday to insurance fraud and grand larceny, both felonies. ...Read More | |||
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No Additional Benefits for Worker With Back Injury | 03/08/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for additional benefits for a back injury. Case:...Read More | |||
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Court: Settlements to Release 'Unknown' Claims Aren't Enforceable | 03/08/2024 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that settlement language purporting to release “unknown” claims is not enforceable. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Commissioner Announces Reappointments | 03/07/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced reappointments to organizations that influence policy and regulation of the workers' compensation industry in the Golden State. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says BWC Can Recover Overpayment of Benefits to Worker | 03/07/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation was entitled to recoup an overpayment of benefits to a worker between the time she reached maximum medical improvement and when her temporary total disability was terminated. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Overturns Award to Janitor for Alleged Chemical Exposure | 03/07/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court overturned an award of benefits to a janitor for her alleged injuries from exposure to a cleaning chemical. ...Read More | |||
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Temp Worker Can't Maintain Civil Suit Against Employer of One Day | 03/07/2024 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a temporary worker injured on his one-day assignment could not maintain a civil suit against the employer. ...Read More | |||
