Workers' Compensation News
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Public Employers' Rates Drop 3.9% | 01/05/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that public employer rates decreased by an average of 3.9% at the start of the year. ...Read More | |||
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Railroad Repair Employee Can't Assert FELA Claim | 01/05/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a railroad service repair company employee could not assert a claim under the Federal Employers' Liability Act for his injuries from a fall from a bridge. ...Read More | |||
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Court Grants Worker Partial Summary Judgment, Dismisses Defendant | 01/05/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to only partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a tripping accident and that one defendant was entitled to dismissal from the case. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Hurt by Falling Object Can't Bring Viable Labor Law Claim | 01/05/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a moving company employee could not assert a viable Labor Law claim for his injuries from an object falling on his foot. ...Read More | |||
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Res Judicata Bars Worker's Attempt to Challenge Description of Injury, Termination of Benefits | 01/04/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that res judicata barred a worker from challenging the description of her injuries and the termination of her benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Workers Win Labor Law Claim; Building Owner Prevails on Third-Party Claims | 01/04/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a group of workers were entitled to summary judgment on their Labor Law claim for a scaffold collapse and that the property owner was entitled to summary judgment on its claims for indemnification and breach of contract against their employer. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Shorten Disability Duration Needed for Benefits | 01/04/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill introduced in Washington state would cut in half the disability duration needed to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Add Marijuana to Intoxication Statute | 01/04/2024 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Missouri lawmaker introduced legislation that would make clear that workers injured while under the influence of cannabis risk losing workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Termination of TTD for Woman Who Abandoned Workforce | 01/04/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the termination of a worker’s temporary total disability benefits due to her voluntary abandonment of the workforce. ...Read More | |||
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Gideon Baum Named CWCI COO | 01/03/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute named Gideon Baum, the former consultant to the state Senate committee that handled work comp bills, as its new chief operating officer. ...Read More | |||
