Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Long COVID Presumption Proposed for Essential Government Workers | 01/23/2024 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Essential government workers in Maryland who are diagnosed with long COVID would be presumed to have a compensable occupational disease, under a bill introduced in the state Senate. ...Read More | |||
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Measure Proposes Exception to Exclusive Remedy for Abusive Workplaces | 01/23/2024 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation would not be the exclusive remedy for Wisconsin workers claiming injuries from abusive work environments, under legislation introduced in the state Senate last week. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Apply One-Year Limit on Provider Payment Disputes to All Claims | 01/23/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Virginia employers and work comp carriers would have one year to seek recovery of payments to health care providers regardless of the date payment was made, under legislation moving through the General Assembly. ...Read More | |||
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Majority of DWC Enforcement Efforts Target Insurance Companies | 01/23/2024 | |
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| Source: Steve Nichols (News Contributor) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Insurance companies continue to be the subject of most Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation enforcement activities, according to an update provided during recent health care provider and carrier quarterly meetings. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Entitled to Additional TTD, Change in Doctors | 01/22/2024 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld an award of additional temporary total disability benefits to an injured worker, as well as an order for him to change authorized treating physicians. ...Read More | |||
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Woman Sentenced for Workers' Comp Fraud | 01/22/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas phlebotomist who claimed she could not work was sentenced to 18 months of deferred adjudication after she was convicted of double dipping. Rut...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell While Installing Sign Prevails on Labor Law Claim | 01/22/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from falling from a ladder while installing a storefront sign. ...Read More | |||
