Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Require Notices About Workers' Rights to Consult Comp Attorney | 01/24/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Notices that California employers are required to post in a conspicuous location frequented by employees would be required to reference the right to consult an attorney, under a new bill. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Rebuked for Filing 8th Frivolous Challenge to Denial of Claim | 01/24/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court scolded an injured worker challenging the denial of her claim for benefits for filing a frivolous appeal and expressly warned her that a ninth attempt would warrant sanctions. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Address PTSD Benefits, Rulemaking Requirements | 01/24/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Virginia lawmakers have introduced bills that would eliminate a cap on benefits provided to first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder and exempt the Workers’ Compensation Commission from some formal rulemaking requirements. ...Read More | |||
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Defendants Get Summary Judgment Dismissing Stagehand's Labor Law Claims | 01/24/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law action were entitled to summary judgment in their favor. Case: A...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Police Officer's Constitutional Challenge to Modification of Benefits | 01/24/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected a worker’s constitutional challenge to the modification of her total disability benefits under Act 111. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Gets Credit for Benefits Paid to Worker | 01/24/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the retroactive application of Act 111’s credit provision to an employer that made 500 weeks of benefit payments to an injured employee. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Property Owner Owed No Duty of Care to Employee Killed Crossing Street | 01/23/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a property owner did not owe a duty of care to an employee who was struck and killed by a careless motorist while crossing the public street next to the hospital where she worked. ...Read More | |||
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Court Grants Partial Judgment for Worker, Revives Indemnification Claim Against Subcontractor | 01/23/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a subcontractor had not been entitled to summary judgment dismissing an indemnification claim by the defendants in a Labor Law action, but the worker in the Labor Law action was entitled to summary judgment dismissing the defendants’ comparative fault a...Read More | |||
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Worker Should Have Been Granted Leave to Amend Pleadings | 01/23/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been allowed to amend his pleadings to assert an Industrial Code violation that was arguably applicable to the circumstances of his alleged accident. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Factory Worker's Claim for Sinus Issues | 01/23/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld the denial of a factory worker’s claim that her industrial exposure caused her to develop sinusitis. ...Read More | |||
