Workers' Compensation News
| Rehabilitation Review Panel Meets July 6 | 06/20/2023 | ||
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| The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry is holding an open forum about proposed amendments to the rehabilitation registration rules in Minnesota Rules Chapter 5220 during the July 6 meeting of the Rehabilitation Review Panel. ...Read More | |||
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Risk Strategies Appoints Pat Roth as West Regional Leader | 06/06/2023 | |
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| Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, named Patrick Roth as its west regional leader. ...Read More | |||
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Report Claims 2,000 Deaths From Heat Exposure | 05/26/2023 | |
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| Heat exposure is responsible for as many as 2,000 worker deaths and 170,000 injuries each year, according to a report by consumer advocacy group Public Citizen. ...Read More | |||
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Res Judicata Bars Worker's Latest Attempt to Challenge Termination of Benefits | 05/24/2023 | |
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| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker was barred by res judicata from challenging the termination of his benefits years after the fact. ...Read More | |||
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Report: High Court Appears Reluctant to Hold Employers Liable for COVID Cases | 05/12/2023 | |
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| California Supreme Court Justices reportedly expressed concerns about facilitating an “avalanche of litigation” in oral arguments in a case revolving around whether the derivative injury doctrine prohibits a civil claim against an employer when a person brings COVID-19 home from the w...Read More | |||
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Residential Property Owners Get Summary Dismissal of Worker's Labor Law Claims | 05/09/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment dismissing the Labor Law claims against a residential property owner. ...Read More | |||
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Res Judicata Doesn't Bar Worker's Permanent Disability Claim | 04/18/2023 | |
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| The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a worker can pursue a claim for a permanent injury in a review-reopening proceeding despite an earlier adjudication that her injury was not permanent. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Owners of Security Firm Accused of Premium Fraud | 04/17/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owners of a private security firm in California are accused of concealing $1.6 million in payroll as part of a scheme to reduce their workers’ compensation premiums, according to a report by the Fresno ...Read More | |||
| Reverse and Remand Common Outcome Among High Courts Addressing Jurisdiction | 04/14/2023 | ||
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| To err is human, to forgive is divine... and to reverse and remand is judicial, at least for state supreme courts tackling jurisdictional issues this year. ...Read More | |||
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Repeat Unlicensed Contractor Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison | 03/17/2023 | |
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| A Modesto man who was on the Contractors State License Board's most wanted list has been sentenced to seven years in state prison for charges related to unlicensed contracting. ...Read More | |||
