Workers' Compensation News
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City Employee Can't Bring Tort Claims for Injuries From Car Accident Caused by Colleague | 07/16/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 88 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division ruled that a city employee could not proceed with a tort claim against his employer and co-employee after he settled a workers’ compensation claim from a car accident caused by the coworker. ...Read More | |||
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Cleaning After Use of Toilet Doesn't Break Causal Connection Between Accident, Back Injury | 07/16/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 148 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 128 min read | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker’s act of cleaning herself after using the restroom did not break the causal connection between her prior work accident and the herniation of a disc in her back. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Police Officer's Tort Claim for Injuries Sustained in Pursuit of Suspects | 07/16/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 87 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured police officer could not pursue a personal injury claim against a general contractor in charge of a construction site where the officer allegedly fell while pursuing robbery suspects. ...Read More | |||
| CopperPoint's Conversion to Mutual Insurance Holding Company Approved | 07/13/2018 | ||
| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 88 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 43 min read | |||
| CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Co. policyholders have voted to approve changing the company’s corporate structure to a mutual insurance holding company. The conversion, previously approved by CopperPoint’s board of directors and the Arizona Department of Insurance, will take eff...Read More | |||
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Court Won't Disturb Allocation of Settlement Proceeds That Limited Carrier's Lien | 07/13/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 90 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 185 min read | |||
| The Superior Court of Pennsylvania declined to disturb an allocation of settlement proceeds from a third-party tort action that kept 75% of the recovery out of reach for a comp carrier’s subrogation lien. ...Read More | |||
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Court Vacates Award for Nurse Due to Procedural Error, Lack of Evidentiary Support | 07/13/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 84 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 3 min read | |||
| An Arizona appellate court overturned a worker’s award for a facial scar and injury to her thumb due to a procedural error and lack of support in the record. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Worker's Personal Injury Suit Against Employers | 07/13/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 135 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 8 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court threw out a worker’s personal injury suit against her employers, finding she was limited to a recovery of workers’ compensation benefits as a matter of law. ...Read More | |||
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CompPharma Survey Shows WC Drug Costs Continue to Drop | 07/12/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 412 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 72 min read | |||
| Workers' compensation prescription drug costs dropped almost 10% last year and the trend is likely to continue, according to an annual survey of 29 insurers, self-insured employers and third-party administrators. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Worker's Claim for Permanent Impairment of Leg as Untimely | 07/12/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 75 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 20 min read | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker was time-barred from seeking compensation for a permanent impairment to her leg that allegedly resulted from an industrial back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Judgement for Employer on Injured Worker's Retaliatory Discharge Claim | 07/12/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 78 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that an injured employee failed to prove that his employer had fired him in retaliation for filing a workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
