Workers' Compensation News
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Lawsuit Seeks OSHA Records for Amazon Deaths | 12/02/2024 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A workers' rights group filed a lawsuit asking the U.S. District Court for New Jersey to order the Labor Department to hand over records of investigations into three Amazon worker deaths. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Gets Partial Summary Dismissal of Worker's Claims | 11/26/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a defendant was entitled to partial summary judgment dismissing a Labor Law claim by a worker allegedly injured by a malfunctioning power tool. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendants Fail to Prove Entitlement to Summary Judgment | 11/25/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law action were not entitled to summary judgment. Case: Velasquez v. R...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment Properly Dismissed as Premature | 11/22/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant’s motion for summary judgment was properly dismissed as premature. Case...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Propose State-Specific Heat Illness Protection Rules | 11/20/2024 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| With the lack of federal rules to protect workers from heat, New Jersey lawmakers are proposing that the state's Occupational Safety and Health Administration adopt and enforce its own heat injury and illness prevention rules. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Set to Consider Mandatory Coverage for Contractors | 11/18/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A pair of Texas lawmakers filed identical companion bills that would require contractors to carry workers' compensation coverage to operate in the Lone Star state. ...Read More | |||
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Law Enforcement Officer Not Entitled to Additional TTD or Treatment | 11/12/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the closure of an injured law enforcement officer’s claim and the denial of authorization for further treatment. ...Read More | |||
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L&I: Felony Charges Filed After Claimant Seen Lifting Weights at Gym | 11/11/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A worker collecting benefits for a back injury is facing fraud charges after he was reportedly observed lifting weights at a gym that exceeded the five-pound restriction his physician imposed, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industry announced. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Announces Ergonomic Rule Development | 10/31/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that it opened rulemaking for ergonomic regulations that would apply to airline ground crews. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendants Get Summary Judgment | 10/09/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law action should have been granted summary judgment on an additional aspect of the plaintiff’s claim, but part of the plaintiff’s claim deserved to go to trial. ...Read More | |||
