Workers' Compensation News
| Court Upholds Denial of Additional Medical Treatment for Worker with Compensable Back Injury | 09/15/2022 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a denial of coverage for additional medical treatment for a worker with an admittedly compensable back injury. ...Read More | |||
| Court Rejects Brothers' Claims for Wrongful Termination, Comp Retaliation | 09/14/2022 | ||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the dismissal of a wrongful termination claim by two brothers who claimed they were terminated in retaliation for reporting workplace safety issues and to prevent one from filing a workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
| Comp Impact of AMA Updates on Mental Injuries 'Uncertain': NCCI | 09/14/2022 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Several changes made in 2021 to the 6th edition of the American Medical Association’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment that affect workers’ compensation claims will have an “uncertain” effect on the diagnosis and disability determination for mental injury c...Read More | |||
| Corrections Dept. Fined for Exposing Workers to TB Outbreak | 09/12/2022 | ||
| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that it fined the state Department of Corrections $84,400 for failing to follow safety rules to prevent the spread of infectious diseases at a jail in Aberdeen. ...Read More | |||
| Court Finds Injured Police Officer Entitled to Dutry Disability Pension | 09/12/2022 | ||
| Source: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that an injured police officer was entitled to a line-of-duty disability pension. ...Read More | |||
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Court Sends Dispute Back to Judge to Determine Applicability of Exclusive Remedy Defense | 09/08/2022 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals sent a worker’s dispute against his employer back to a trial judge to determine whether the claim was precluded by the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers' Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Authorization for Spinal Cord Stimulator Trial | 09/07/2022 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the authorization of a spinal cord stimulator trial for a worker with chronic back pain from a train accident that happened more than a decade earlier. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Part of Injured Worker's Suit Against Nonsubscribing Employer | 09/06/2022 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court revived part of an injured worker’s negligence suit against his nonsubscribing employer for injuries from climbing out of the bed of his work truck. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Carrier's Objection to Apportionment of Worker's 3rd-Party Settlement | 09/02/2022 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Superior Court rejected an insurance carrier’s objection to a third-party settlement that apportioned more than half of the payment to a gravely injured worker's wife on a loss of consortium claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Lawsuit for Worker's Fatal Fall | 09/01/2022 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the dismissal of a family’s lawsuit against a truck driver’s employer for his fatal injuries from a fall off the top of his tanker. ...Read More | |||
