Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Establishes Exclusive Remedy Defense to Worker's Civil Suit | 02/26/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that an employer covered by a workers' compensation policy was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a civil suit by an employee who had already received benefits for her injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Kill Yet-to-Launch Coverage Requirement for Contractors | 02/23/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California contractors who don’t have employees would not be required to have workers’ compensation coverage to receive a state license, under a bill authored by the same senator who penned a 2022 measure requiring proof of coverage for most contractors starting in 2026. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Measure Would Apply '4850 Time' to County Park Rangers, Housing Authority Officers | 02/23/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Peace officers designated as county park rangers and housing authority officers would be eligible to receive up to one year of salary continuation benefits in lieu of temporary disability, under the latest legislative proposal to expand who is entitled to so-called “4850 time.” ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Widow Compensation for Worker's Loss of Use of Limbs, Eyes, Ears | 02/23/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a denial of compensation to the widow of a worker who lost his sight, hearing and use of his limbs for the brief period between his industrial accident and his death. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Aims to Shield Guaranty Fund From Constitutional Sweeps | 02/23/2024 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Alaska Workers’ Compensation Benefits Guaranty Fund would be protected against raids to replenish a constitutional reserve account, under a bill moving through the Legislature. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Prior Petitions Don't Bar New Claim for Recurrence of Disability | 02/23/2024 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not procedurally barred from pursuing his claim for recurrence of total disability. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Bridal Shop Worker Gets Benefits for COVID-19 Infection | 02/23/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a seamstress was entitled to benefits for her COVID-19 infection. Case: Matter of Leo...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendants Get Partial Summary Judgment on Negligence, Indemnification Claims | 02/23/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that some defendants in a Labor Law action were entitled to summary judgment dismissing negligence claims against them and granting conditional summary judgment on their indemnification claims. ...Read More | |||
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Tax Court Says Disabled Worker Underreported Income | 02/23/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The U.S. Tax Court ruled that a woman underreported her taxable Social Security benefits by omitting the portions subject to a workers' compensation offset. ...Read More | |||
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Defendants Get Judgment Notwithstanding Jury's Verdict of Liability for Worker's Damages | 02/22/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that the defendants in a dispute over a worker’s on-the-job accident were entitled to a judgment notwithstanding a jury’s verdict of liability, since substantial evidence did not support the finding that the defendants were employers of the worker.&n...Read More | |||
