Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Says Worker's Failure to Serve DOL Results in Loss of Appeal | 03/06/2023 | |
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| State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker’s failure to serve a notice of appeal on the Department of Labor was fatal to his ability to challenge an administrative law judge’s denial of his workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
| Substantial Evidence Supported Board's Decision to Expand Scope of Worker's Claim | 03/03/2023 | ||
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board to expand the scope of a worker’s claim to include additional injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Subscribing Employer Has Civil Liability for Worker's Fall in Parking Lot | 03/01/2023 | |
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| A Texas appellate court upheld an award of $19,789.01 for a worker in a premises liability suit against her employer for her fall in the parking lot of her workplace. ...Read More | |||
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State Fund Fails to Effectively Cancel Employer's Coverage Prior to Worker's Injury | 03/01/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the State Insurance Fund was on the hook for a worker’s claim, even though it had sent notice that it was canceling coverage prior to the accident. ...Read More | |||
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Statute of Limitations Doesn't Allow Convicted Fraudsters to Avoid Civil Liability | 02/28/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a group of workers’ compensation fraudsters can be held to account for their actions in a civil suit filed on behalf of the state. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Won't Allow Defendant to Challenge Widow's Standing | 02/23/2023 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alabama Supreme Court declined to grant mandamus relief to allow a defendant in a workers' compensation/wrongful death action to amend an answer to raise a previously omitted affirmative defense. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Orders Judge to Relinquish Jurisdiction Over City's Premium Dispute With BWC | 02/22/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court ordered a lower court's judge to give up jurisdiction over a city’s suit against the state Bureau of Workers' Compensation challenging its premium calculation methods. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Awards to Workers With Leukemia From Benzene Exposure | 02/17/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court issued two opinions upholding awards to chemical plant employees who developed leukemia after being exposed to benzene at work. ...Read More | |||
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Study Claims State Provided 'Very Modest' Support for Workers With COVID-19 | 02/16/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| New York’s workers’ compensation system provided only limited support for essential workers who contracted COVID-19, according to an abstract of a study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. ...Read More | |||
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Self-Insured Employer Can't Get Reimbursement of Salary Payments to Disabled Retiree | 02/15/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a self-insured municipal employer that continued to pay an injured firefighter his full salary after his duty disability retirement could not be reimbursed from his workers' compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
