Workers' Compensation News
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General Contractor Entitled to Indemnification, Partial Dismissal of Claims | 07/07/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the partial dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims for an accident involving a bucket hoist and ruled that the general contractor should have been granted summary judgment on its indemnification claim against a subcontractor. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Accepts Surrender of Attorney's Law License for Misappropriating Client Funds | 07/07/2023 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Supreme Court of Georgia last week accepted an attorney’s voluntary surrender of his law license for misusing an injured worker’s settlement funds. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Seeks Comments on Judicial Applicants | 07/07/2023 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte is seeking comments on applicants to fill a workers’ compensation judicial vacancy. The governor has received a...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Voluntarily Left State Can't Get TTD | 07/07/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an injured worker should have been ineligible for temporary total disability benefits after she quit her job to move out of state. ...Read More | |||
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Costs of Employer Medical Evaluations Can Be Recouped From Worker's 3rd-Party Recovery | 07/07/2023 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a state employer was entitled to reimbursement of its medical evaluation expenses from an injured employee's third-party recovery. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Finds No Duty for Employers to Prevent Spread of COVID-19 Beyond Workers | 07/06/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California employers do not owe a duty of care to prevent the spread of COVID-19 to employees’ household members, the state’s high court ruled Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Guaranty Fund Wind-Down Bill Falls Victim to Property Tax Battle | 07/06/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| By Steve Nichols, News Contributor Legislation that would have allowed the Texas Self-Insurance Guaranty Fund to wind down its operations appears to have fallen victim to an ongoing battle over property taxes between Gov. Gregg Abbott and the state House of Representative...Read More | |||
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WCS Announces 4.78% Benefit Increase | 07/06/2023 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section announced that the maximum monthly benefit increased by 4.78% at the start of July because of an increase in the state’s average weekly wage. ...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment in Labor Law Claim by Worker Who Fell From Roof of Van | 07/06/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that liability could not be established via summary judgment in a worker’s Labor Law claim for an accident that happened while he was trying to secure equipment on the roof of a van. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Rejects General Contractor's Statutory Employer Defense | 07/06/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A divided Louisiana appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment in favor of a general contractor on its claim that it was immune from civil liability to a subcontractor’s injured employee. ...Read More | |||
