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Court Upholds PPD Award for Septuagenarian Worker's Bulldozer Accident | 09/11/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 98 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 122 min read | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a septuagenarian worker was entitled to 425 weeks of benefits for his permanent partial disability from a bulldozer accident. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Apportionment of Worker's PTD Equally Between 2 Back Injuries | 09/11/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 98 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board to apportion a worker’s permanent total disability equally between two back injuries with two different employers. ...Read More | |||
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Claimant Accused of Submitting Fake X-Ray, Police Report | 09/11/2018 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 239 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 10 min read | |||
| Police are on the lookout for a Minnesota claimant who allegedly submitted an X-ray that she found on the internet, along with a fake police report, to seek workers’ compensation benefits, according to ...Read More | |||
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Construction Stop-Work Orders on Decline | 09/10/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 91 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 11 min read | |||
| The number of stop-work orders issued to Florida construction companies declined in 2017 from 2016, the first decrease in four years, according to a re...Read More | |||
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Caggiano and Brown Join Willig, Williams & Davidson | 09/10/2018 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 37 | 0 | |||
| Labor and employment attorneys Jessica Brown and Jessica Caggiano have joined Willig, Williams & Davidson, the firm announced Friday. ...Read More | |||
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Court Splits on Proper Standard to Judge Reasonableness of Worker's Refusal to Take Job | 09/10/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 100 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read | |||
| Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal overturned an award of temporary total disability benefits to an injured worker in a case that spawned three separate opinions as to how to judge the reasonableness of her refusal of a job offer within her medical restrictions. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Commission Decision Denying Additional Benefits for Worker's Fall | 09/07/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 87 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 117 min read | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a decision by the Workers' Compensation Commission denying a worker’s request for additional benefits for her alleged injuries from an on-the-job fall. ...Read More | |||
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Chiropractic Clinics Owner Convicted in Billing Scam | 09/07/2018 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 165 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read | |||
| A federal jury in Kentucky convicted the former owner of several Louisville-area chiropractic clinics on fraud, conspiracy, theft and money laundering charges related to a $5 million insurance fraud scheme. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Chief Named President of NAWCJ | 09/07/2018 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 92 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read | |||
| James J. Szablewicz, chief deputy commissioner of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission, has been named president of the National Association of Workers’ Compensation Judiciary, the commission announced Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Court Allows Injured Worker to Proceed With Strict Liability Claim Against Property Developer | 09/06/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 111 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 21 min read | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Tuesday revived an injured worker’s strict liability claim against a property developer who had hired his employer to perform an ultra-hazardous activity. ...Read More | |||
