Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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OSHA Fines Transportation Company $437,860 | 02/06/2024 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a New Jersey transportation company $437,860 for workplace safety and health hazards at a site in Paulsboro. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Denies Worker Additional PPD for Knee Injury | 02/06/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to an additional permanent partial disability award for his knee injury. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Exempt WCC From Rulemaking Requirements | 02/06/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia House of Delegates on Monday unanimously passed a bill that would exempt certain rules of the Workers’ Compensation Commission from formal rulemaking requirements as long as the commission offers an opportunity for public comment before adopting the rules. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Denies Worker Additional Benefits for Occupational Pneumoconiosis | 02/06/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award for occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Benefits for Diabetic With Foot Puncture Injury | 02/06/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a denial of benefits to a diabetic worker for the loss of his toe after he stepped on a nail. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Goldberg Segalla Adds Two Attorneys to Raleigh Office | 02/06/2024 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Goldberg Segalla added Erica B. Lewis as a partner and Kalie L. Chumley as an associate in the firm’s workers’ compensation defense group in Raleigh, North Carolina. ...Read More | |||
