Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Require Comp Hearings in County Seat | 01/12/2024 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A South Carolina senator introduced legislation that would require workers’ compensation hearings to be held in county seats. Current law re...Read More | |||
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BWC Holding Educational Conference June 12-14 | 01/12/2024 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that its 2024 Educational Conference will be June 12-14 in Murfreesboro. Th...Read More | |||
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Goldberg Segalla Welcomes Kallie Banker to Buffalo Office | 01/12/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Goldberg Segalla announced that Kallie Banker joined the firm’s workers’ compensation defense group in Buffalo. Banker represents...Read More | |||
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Worker at MMI Can No Longer Receive Temporary Disability Benefits | 01/11/2024 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court ruled that an injured worker who reached maximum medical improvement could no longer receive temporary disability benefits, as a matter of law. ...Read More | |||
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Defense Firm Gilson Daub Opens Fort Lauderdale Office | 01/11/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation defense firm Gilson Daub on Wednesday announced the opening of a new office in Fort Lauderdale. ...Read More | |||
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Evidentiary Ruling Results in Reinstatement of COVID-Related Death Claim | 01/11/2024 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeal set aside a denial of benefits for a police officer’s death from COVID-19-related complications. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Claim by Worker Who Allegedly Fell | 01/11/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claim for his alleged fall at a construction site. Ca...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Revives Worker's Labor Law Claim for Tripping Accident | 01/11/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law claims for his alleged injuries from a tripping accident at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Increase Fine for Failure to Insure, Create PTSD Presumption | 01/11/2024 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Maryland lawmakers have introduced a measure to increase the penalty for employers that fail to secure workers’ compensation coverage, and a bill to create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable for certain first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Require Hearing to Close Case, Stenographic Records of Proceedings | 01/11/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| New York lawmakers introduced legislation that would require hearings before any final decision to close a case. Bills introduced in the Senat...Read More | |||
