Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Gets New Trial on Damages Owed to Worker | 02/15/2024 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court ruled that an employer was entitled to a new trial on the issue of economic damages owed to a former employee for its retaliatory conduct and for a determination of whether her award would duplicate what she received in workers' compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Firefighter With Occupational Disease Gets Supplemental Earnings Benefits | 02/15/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld a finding that a firefighter had an occupational disease covered by the Firefighter's Heart and Lung Act and that he was entitled to supplemental earnings benefits. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Retired Worker Who Failed to Give Timely Notice of Injury | 02/15/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a retired worker was not entitled to benefits for an alleged back injury because he failed to provide timely notice of the injury to his employer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Worker's Labor Law Claim for Alleged Injuries | 02/15/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law claim for the injuries he suffered while replacing a water heater. C...Read More | |||
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Worker's Previous Receipt of Compensation Doesn't Preclude New Award | 02/14/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a worker should not have been denied compensation for his functional impairment from a back injury just because his employer had previously paid him benefits based on his lost earning capacity for an earlier back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Makes Appointment to WC Commission | 02/14/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday appointed Raychel Wesley as an employee commissioner on the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, pursuant to Sec. 13 of the state Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Workers Get Reimbursement for Reasonable Cost of Full IME | 02/14/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that an employee who undergoes an independent medical examination is entitled to the reasonable cost of the examination accompanying the physician's determination of his impairment rating, not merely the component cost of the impairment rating itself. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Board Must Resolve Coverage Dispute Between Carriers | 02/14/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a dispute between two insurance carriers over liability for medical treatment needed to be sent to the Workers’ Compensation Board for resolution. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Says Worker Can Reopen Claim | 02/14/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker should have been allowed to reopen his claim for foot and shoulder injuries. Case...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Calculation of Benefits for Worker With 2 Shoulder Injuries | 02/13/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court clarified the proper calculation of a worker’s benefits for his second permanent partial disability to his shoulder after a change in the law to make shoulder injuries a schedule disability. ...Read More | |||
