Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Doesn't Violate FEHA When Worker Never Requests Accommodation | 02/06/2025 | |
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
A California appeals court ruled that an employer did not violate the Fair Employment and Housing Act by failing to engage in the interactive process or provide a reasonable accommodation when a worker never explicitly requested such an accommodation. ...Read More | |||
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COVID-19 Nonemergency Standards End | 02/06/2025 | |
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
The California Department of Industrial Relations announced that most of the non-emergency standards it adopted to prevent COVID-19 expired at the start of the month. ...Read More | |||
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Defendant Not Entitled to Assert Collateral Estoppel Defense Based on WCB Decision | 02/06/2025 | |
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
A New York appellate court ruled that a defendant in a civil action was not entitled to amend its answer to assert a collateral estoppel defense based on a finding by the Workers’ Compensation Board that the plaintiff’s injuries had resolved. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Findings of Fraud, Overpayment to Worker Collecting TTD While Employed | 02/06/2025 | |
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
An Ohio appellate court upheld findings of fraud and overpayment to a worker who collected temporary total disability benefits while employed at her then-boyfriend’s addiction rehabilitation center. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Denied PPD for COVID Infection, Post-COVID Syndrome | 02/06/2025 | |
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State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a denial of permanent partial disability benefits to a worker for her COVID-19 infection and post-COVID syndrome. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Truck Driver's Alleged Injuries | 02/06/2025 | |
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State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits for a truck driver’s claim of injury to his back and head after an on-the-job fall. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Experience Rating, Subrogation Bill | 02/06/2025 | |
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State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
The Indiana House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that would prohibit state agencies from not allowing employers with high experience ratings to bid on projects and require carriers to adjust experience ratings after successful subrogation actions. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Keep Noncompliant Employers From Assigned Risk Plan | 02/06/2025 | |
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State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
The Arizona House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that would exempt certain noncomplying employers from being placed in the state's assigned risk plan. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Updates Fee Schedules | 02/05/2025 | |
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The California Division of Workers' Compensation announced updates to its fee schedules for ambulance services and outpatient surgical facilities. ...Read More | |||
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TTD Award for Worker's Electric Shock Injury Overturned | 02/05/2025 | |
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State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned an award of temporary total disability benefits for a worker who suffered an electric shock injury. ...Read More | |||
