Workers' Compensation News
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Comp Commission Sets Conference for Oct. 8-9 | 03/11/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission is holding its Educational Conference and Exhibition Oct. 8-9 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Additional Time to Serve Labor Law Claims on Out-of-State Defendant | 03/11/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to additional time to serve a summons and complaint for his Labor Law claims against a homeowner who had moved out of state. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Can Proceed With Labor Law Claim Against Homeowner | 03/11/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of partial summary judgment that allowed a worker to proceed with his Labor Law action against one of two homeowners. ...Read More | |||
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No Additional TTD for Worker Laid Off During COVID-19 Pandemic | 03/11/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to temporary total disability compensation after she was laid off from her job due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
