Workers' Compensation News
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Split Court Says Worker With New, Higher-Paying Job Gets Benefits Based on Industrial Disability | 01/27/2025 | |
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State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A divided Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker was entitled to compensation based on his industrial disability, not his earning power, after he quit his job and took a higher-paying position. ...Read More | |||
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Board Uses Improper SLU Assessment for Transit Worker | 01/27/2025 | |
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board made an improper schedule loss of use assessment regarding a comparison of contralateral members. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Partial Summary Judgment | 01/27/2025 | |
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should have been granted summary judgment on some of a worker’s claims, but the remaining claims were properly allowed to proceed. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Benefits for Fire Chief With Hearing Loss | 01/27/2025 | |
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State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a fire chief’s claim for occupational hearing loss. Case: Preece v. Kermit V...Read More | |||
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BWC Considers 6% Rate Cut for Private Employers | 01/27/2025 | |
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State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is proposing a 6% rate reduction that it says would save private employers about $60 million in premiums in the next fiscal year. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: Exclusivity Doesn't Apply to Estate Time-Barred From Pursuing Disease Claim | 01/24/2025 | |
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State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Exclusive remedy does not prohibit the estate of a deceased worker from suing the worker's former employer for negligence when the estate is otherwise time-barred from pursuing benefits under the Occupational Disease Act, a split Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Double-Dipping Leads to $60,116 Restitution Order | 01/24/2025 | |
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that a man who worked the entire time he was receiving workers' compensation benefits was ordered to pay $60,116 in restitution. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Worker's Request for Sanctions Review | 01/24/2025 | |
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State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of an injured worker’s effort to overrule an order that imposed a sanction for her service of a subpoena on her employer’s expert witness. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Benefit Calculation for Worker Who Lost Part of Arm | 01/24/2025 | |
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that a worker who lost part of her arm was entitled to benefits using the formula for a specific loss. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Require Comp Coverage for Sole Proprietors | 01/24/2025 | |
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State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
An Illinois lawmaker introduced legislation that would eliminate a statutory exemption that allows sole proprietors to operate without workers' compensation insurance. ...Read More | |||
