Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Not Entitled to Relief From VSSR Award | 09/10/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that an employer was not entitled to relief from an enhanced award of benefits to a worker because it violated a specific safety regulation. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Alleged Administrative Violations Don't Foreclose Exclusivity Defense | 08/27/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that an employer’s alleged administrative violations did not prevent it from presenting and prevailing on its exclusivity defense. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Escape Liability for Continuing Medical Benefits | 08/26/2024 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled that an employer could not be relieved of its obligation to provide continuing medical treatment to an injured worker after she aggravated her injury in a car accident. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Relitigate Reasonableness of Worker's Mileage for Treatment | 08/23/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that an employer could not relitigate the reasonableness of a worker’s mileage expenses from traveling to see a chiropractor 78 miles from his home. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Loses Challenge to Deadlines for Contesting Black Lung Claims | 08/19/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court rejected an employer’s challenge to the deadlines for submitting evidence to contest its liability for black lung benefits. ...Read More | |||
| Employers Required to Use Revised Work Comp Notice Poster in September | 08/15/2024 | ||
| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents announced that employers must use and display a revised employee notice form, starting Sept. 16. Employers are required to fill out the posters by providing information about who to contact to report a workplace injury and informat...Read More | |||
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Employers Association Webinar to Cover Indoor Heat Standard, Workplace Violence | 08/01/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Employers Association is holding a webinar Aug. 20 to discuss two new California Division of Occupational Safety and Health standards relating to workplace violence and indoor heat. ...Read More | |||
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Electrician Doesn't Establish Entitlement to PTD Benefits for Back Injury | 07/31/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the denial of total disability benefits to an injured electrician. Case: Blaker v. The Kroge...Read More | |||
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Employer Liable for Comp Gets Dismissal of Worker's Civil Claim | 07/30/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an employer was entitled to the dismissal of an injured worker’s civil claims against it after it was held liable for workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Should Have Been Allowed to Set Aside Stipulation Based on Worker's Lies | 07/25/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an employer should have been allowed to set aside its stipulation of facts agreeing to the enlargement of an employee’s claim. ...Read More | |||
