Workers' Compensation News
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Plant Owner Gets Summary Judgment Dismissing Claims by Subcontractors' Injured Employees | 03/04/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a chemical refinery owner should have been granted summary judgment dismissing civil suits filed by subcontractors' employees who were injured in an explosion at the facility. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell Down Stairs Gets Summary Judgment | 03/04/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall down a staircase. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Partial Summary Judgment in Worker's Labor Law Claim | 03/04/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of partial summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim based on his alleged fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds PTD Award Despite Evidence of Possible Symptom Magnification | 03/04/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits to a worker who suffered an electric shock injury despite evidence that he may have been exaggerating his limitations and the testimony that he was capable of employment. ...Read More | |||
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Court Properly Limits Damages Available to Heirs of Drowned Worker | 03/01/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld a grant of partial summary judgment limiting the potential damages for the seller of a vessel that capsized and killed a father of three. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Closure of Truck Driver's Claim | 03/01/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the closure of a truck driver’s claim for benefits and the denial of his doctor’s request to add a new condition. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell Gets Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 03/01/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for an accident that happened as he crossed between two barges. ...Read More | |||
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Questions of Fact Preclude Summary Judgment | 03/01/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that summary judgment for either party could not be granted in a Labor Law case. Case: Mele...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Revise Criteria to Serve on WCC | 03/01/2024 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Legislation that would revise the criteria for serving on the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission is moving through the state Senate. ...Read More | |||
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MSF Opens Registration for Annual Medical Conference | 03/01/2024 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Montana State Fund opened registration for its annual medical conference set for May 15-17 at the One Legged Magpie in Red Lodge. &ldqu...Read More | |||
