Workers' Compensation News
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Former Postal Employee Pleads Guilty to Fraud | 02/08/2024 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A former U.S. Postal Service employee pleaded guilty to making false statements to receive more than $100,000 in workers’ compensation benefits, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Western North Carolina announced. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Health Care Worker's Claim of Disability From COVID-19 | 02/07/2024 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals revived a health care worker’s claim for permanent disability benefits stemming from her COVID-19 infection. ...Read More | |||
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NLRB Declares Dartmouth Basketball Players Employees of School | 02/07/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A director for the National Labor Relations Board concluded that members of the Dartmouth College men’s basketball team are employees in a decision allowing the players to hold a union election. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Set Criteria for Determining Volunteer Wages | 02/07/2024 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Indemnity benefits for certain volunteers in Missouri would be based on how much they earn at their regular jobs, under a bill introduced Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Shorten Window to Qualify for Indemnity Benefits | 02/07/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would make it easier for workers to qualify for indemnity benefits for the entire period they were unable to work as a result of an injury. ...Read More | |||
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Failure to Disclose Prior Back Injury Not a Material Misstatement | 02/07/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a worker had not made material misstatements to secure an award of benefits based on his repeated failure to disclose a prior back injury on medical questionnaires he completed. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Nurse With Alleged Back Injuries | 02/07/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of benefits to a nurse for her alleged back injuries from lifting a patient. Case:...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Allow Injured Workers to Reject Job Offers Without Losing Benefits | 02/07/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon lawmakers are considering a proposal that would eliminate two conditions under which an injured worker could refuse a job without forfeiting workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Expansion of Worker's Claim | 02/07/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the expansion of a worker’s claim to add a tear of the medial meniscus. Case: Orgill I...Read More | |||
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Injured Paramedic Waits Too Long to Request Additional Benefits | 02/06/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that an injured firefighter paramedic was time-barred from pursuing applications for additional benefits more than six years after he returned to full-duty employment after fracturing his hip. ...Read More | |||
