Workers' Compensation News
Worker Can't Add New Defendant to Labor Law Complaint | 04/15/2024 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to amend his Labor Law complaint to add a new defendant and that the named defendant was entitled to summary judgment dismissing his claim. ...Read More | |||
Adult Children of Fatally Injured Worker Aren't Constitutionally Guaranteed Remedy for Loss | 04/15/2024 | ||
State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a civil suit against a fatally injured worker’s employer, ruling that the state Constitution does not guarantee a remedy for the worker’s adult children for the loss of their mother’s companionship. ...Read More | |||
House Passes Bill to Increase Benefits | 04/15/2024 | ||
State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Colorado House of Representatives passed a bill that would increase the aggregate limits on temporary and permanent disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
Committee Passes TD Expansion, Ag Worker Protection Bills | 04/12/2024 | ||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Members of a California Senate committee passed bills that would in some instances make temporary disability benefits available after an injury becomes permanent and stationary and create a presumption that heat-related injuries are compensable for agricultural workers under certain circumstances...Read More | |||
Worker Waits Too Long to Sue Over Alleged Chemical Exposure Injuries | 04/12/2024 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s civil suit against his former employer for alleged chemical exposure injuries as time-barred. ...Read More | |||
WCIRB Committee to Discuss Rate Filing Wednesday | 04/12/2024 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Governing Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California will discuss the upcoming advisory pure premium rate recommendation when it meets Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
Governor Signs Reform Bill | 04/12/2024 | ||
State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday signed a reform bill that includes benefit increases and more restrictive criteria for injured workers to receive future care after reaching maximum medical improvement. ...Read More | |||
Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Worker's Gross Negligence Suit Against Colleague | 04/12/2024 | ||
State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment dismissing the gross negligence suit against him by a colleague whose hand was crushed in a cutting machine. ...Read More | |||
Court Upholds Compensability of Poultry Plant Worker's Heart Attack | 04/12/2024 | ||
State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Commission did not exceed the scope of its mandate in determining that a poultry plant employee was entitled to benefits for his heart attack at the age of 29. ...Read More | |||
Supreme Court Expresses 'Profound Concern' With Administrative Denial of Claim | 04/12/2024 | ||
State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld a decision awarding benefits to a worker for a repetitive trauma injury, expressing “profound concern” with the administrative ruling that had rejected the claim. ...Read More | |||