Workers' Compensation News
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No Error in Judge's Grant of Modification, Denial of Penalty | 01/31/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a judge did not err in granting an employer’s modification based on a labor market survey, nor did the judge err in denying a worker’s penalty petition. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Releases Q4 2023 Economics Briefing | 01/30/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance has released its economics briefing for the fourth quarter of 2023. The findings provide in...Read More | |||
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NCCI's Donnell Announces Retirement Plans | 01/26/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| National Council on Compensation Insurance President and CEO Bill Donnell announced plans to retire in February 2025. ...Read More | |||
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No Additional Benefits for Teacher Whose Claim 'Evolved' From Knee Injury to Multiple Conditions | 01/25/2024 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a limited award of benefits to an injured special education teacher who underwent years of treatment for her knee, back and upper extremities. ...Read More | |||
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No Increase in IR, Additional Benefits, Cannabis Reimbursement for Worker | 01/10/2024 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Mexico Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to a higher impairment rating or additional benefits, nor was he entitled to reimbursement for medical cannabis. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits to Nurse for COVID-19 Infection | 01/09/2024 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Superior Court of Delaware upheld the denial of benefits to a nurse for her COVID-19 infection, finding it was more likely than not she had contracted the disease from her son than from her work. ...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Alleged Concrete Hose Mishap | 01/08/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for alleged injuries from pulling a concrete hose. ...Read More | |||
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No Total Industrial Disability Rating for 9/11 Clean-Up Worker | 01/08/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who participated in the World Trade Center terrorist attack clean-up efforts was not entitled to be classified as having a total industrial disability. ...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Worker's Slip and Fall | 12/22/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for injuries from an alleged slip-and-fall accident. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker Rendered Paraplegic in Fall From Roof | 12/20/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a denial of relief to a paraplegic worker challenging a determination that he was not an employee of his alleged employer at the time of his accident. ...Read More | |||
