Workers' Compensation News
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Injured Worker Gets No Recovery on Tort Claim | 01/30/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an entry of judgment against an injured worker, finding the accident that injured him wasn't caused by the negligence of the transit authority whose bus struck the elevated lift in which he was standing. ...Read More | |||
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Triable Issues Preclude Additional Summary Judgment in Labor Law Case | 01/30/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that neither a property owner nor an injured worker was entitled to summary judgment on additional aspects of a Labor Law claim arising from a lift accident. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Denial of Class Certification in Anticompetition Action | 01/30/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the denial of class certification to a group of chiropractors accusing the state’s largest health insurer and claims administrator of anticompetitive behavior. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Releases Q4 2023 Economics Briefing | 01/30/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance has released its economics briefing for the fourth quarter of 2023. The findings provide in...Read More | |||
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Investigators: Business Owner Short-Changed Carriers by $100k in Comp Premiums | 01/30/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Investigators with the state Department of Financial Services announced that the owner of a south Florida construction company was arrested on suspicion of concealing more than $2 million in payroll to avoid higher workers' compensation premiums. ...Read More | |||
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Unanimous Supreme Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Worker's Bad Faith Claim | 01/30/2024 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Supreme Court unanimously upheld the summary dismissal of an injured worker’s bad faith claim against his self-insured employer. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Declines to Review Dispute Over Continued Medical Care | 01/29/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oklahoma Supreme Court last week declined an invitation to review an appellate court decision holding that the Workers’ Compensation Court of Existing Claims can review issues involving continuing medical maintenance at any time. ...Read More | |||
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Pair Arrested for Alleged Premium Fraud | 01/29/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis on Friday announced two arrests in an alleged $127,000 premium fraud scheme. The CFO’s office sai...Read More | |||
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Widow Gets Benefits for Mechanic's Death From Apparent Heart Attack | 01/29/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award of death benefits to the widow of a mechanic who collapsed at work and died of an apparent heart attack. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds New IRE Process in Claim With Injury Predating Law Change | 01/29/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected a worker’s constitutional challenge to the application of a new law to his injury, which occurred five months before the legislation took effect. ...Read More | |||
