Workers' Compensation News
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House Unanimously Approves Bill to Increase Use of Physician Assistants | 01/29/2025 | |
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State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Montana House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill that would facilitate increased use of physician assistants by removing provisions that limit when they can treat injured workers or conduct impairment rating evaluations. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Labor Law Defendant | 01/29/2025 | |
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for a Labor Law defendant, finding triable issues existed to allow the claim to proceed against all defendants. ...Read More | |||
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Mark Moitoso Named President of ICW Group Insurance Cos. | 01/28/2025 | |
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
ICW Group Insurance Cos. on Monday announced the immediate appointment of Mark Moitoso as president. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: 2019 Law Allows Civil Action for Disease to Proceed | 01/28/2025 | |
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State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Illinois Supreme Court said legislation authorizing civil actions after the close of statutory limits for occupational disease claims applies to illnesses discovered after the law was enacted in 2019. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Damages in Widow's Gross Negligence Claim Against Employer | 01/28/2025 | |
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A Texas appellate court overturned an award of $2.2 million in damages to a worker’s widow on her gross negligence claim against the worker’s employer. ...Read More | |||
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Factory Worker Gets Benefits for COVID-19 Infection | 01/28/2025 | |
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A New York appellate court upheld a finding of compensability for a sugar factory worker’s COVID-19 infection. Case: ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker's Alleged Secondary Injuries From Concrete Falling on Foot | 01/28/2025 | |
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for benefits for alleged injuries secondary to a piece of concrete falling on his foot. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Request to Add PTSD to Worker's Claim | 01/28/2025 | |
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State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request to add post-traumatic stress disorder to her claim and for a second opinion and pain management for possible complex regional pain syndrome. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Reappoints Sean Quinn to Comp Court | 01/28/2025 | |
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State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for a second time reappointed Sean M. Quinn to a six-year term as a judge on the state's Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Posts Agendas for Educational Conference | 01/27/2025 | |
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The California Division of Workers' Compensation posted agendas for its annual Educational Conference being held in March. Sessions w...Read More | |||
