Workers' Compensation News
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Volunteer Firefighter Fails to Assert Viable Civil Claims From Training Accident | 01/22/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a volunteer firefighter’s tort claims arising from an accident that happened while he was preparing for a firefighting competition. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Nurse's Bid for Additional Benefits, Change in MMI Date | 01/22/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that an injured nurse was not entitled to additional benefits or a change in her date of maximum medical improvement. ...Read More | |||
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Corrections Officer Who Fell Asleep at Wheel Gets Benefits | 01/19/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an arbitrator’s award of benefits to a corrections officer for his injuries from crashing his patrol vehicle when he fell asleep behind the wheel while on duty. ...Read More | |||
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Workers' Compensation Board Sets COVID-19 Webinar | 01/19/2024 | |
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| Source: Steve Nichols (News Contributor) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New York State's Workers’ Compensation Board will hold a webinar for workers who believe they contracted COVID-19 on the job. The free ...Read More | |||
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Decision Prompts Comp Court to Seek Expanded Jurisdiction | 01/19/2024 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Court denied the Montana State Fund’s request to appoint a guardian for a deceased worker’s disabled adult child but asked lawmakers to consider expanding the court’s jurisdiction to include such authority. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Worker's Malpractice Suit Against Former Attorneys | 01/19/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court revived an injured worker’s malpractice suit against his former attorneys. Case: McGlynn v. Burns ...Read More | |||
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Worker Loses Right to Participate in Comp Fund | 01/19/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that an employer was entitled to judgment disallowing a worker from participating in the state workers' compensation fund. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court to Address Posthumous Specific Loss Benefits | 01/18/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will address whether specific loss benefits should be limited posthumously to workers who die because of a cause unrelated to the work injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Entitled to Industrial Impairment in Excess of Medical Rating | 01/18/2024 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker had an occupational impairment exceeding her medical impairment rating. C...Read More | |||
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Police Officers Fail to Link Layoffs to Workers' Comp Claims | 01/18/2024 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a finding that two special police officers had not been laid off from their positions in retaliation for pursuing workers’ compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
