Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Upholds Denial for Worker's Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | 01/31/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of benefits for a worker’s carpal tunnel syndrome because the onset of his condition and his diagnosis predated his date of hire with his most recent employer. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Pass Bills to Limit Billing Disputes, Notify Workers of Right to Appeal Claim Denials | 01/31/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Virginia lawmakers passed bills that would allow employers and carriers one year to recover payments to health care providers and require them to notify injured workers of the right to dispute claim denials. ...Read More | |||
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No Error in Judge's Grant of Modification, Denial of Penalty | 01/31/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a judge did not err in granting an employer’s modification based on a labor market survey, nor did the judge err in denying a worker’s penalty petition. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits to Plumber for Shoulder Injury | 01/31/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to a plumber for an alleged shoulder injury where he initially failed to disclose a car accident between his alleged date of injury and the date he sought treatment. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
