Workers' Compensation News
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Court Denies TTD to Worker Fired for Refusing to Follow Lifting Restrictions | 11/08/2019 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 167 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 22 min read | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to temporary total disability benefits after he was fired for failing to abide by the lifting restrictions that his employer imposed. ...Read More | |||
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DWC: Injury Rate Fell in 2018; Missed Work Days Increased | 11/08/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 160 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 45 min read | |||
| More than a quarter of the nonfatal injuries and illnesses reported by private-sector employers in 2018 resulted in days away from work, according to a report the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation published Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Challenge to Allocation of Fees | 11/08/2019 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 135 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 56 min read | |||
| An Ohio appellate court rejected a worker’s challenge to the allocation of attorney fees between the two law firms that had helped her in securing benefits for an industrial injury. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Teacher Who Fell in Parking Lot | 11/08/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 173 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 23 min read | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that a teacher was not entitled to benefits for her injuries from falling in the parking lot of her school as she was leaving for the day. ...Read More | |||
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Alliant Hires Shaan Merchant as VP in Bannockburn | 11/08/2019 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 169 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 6 min read | |||
| Shaan Merchant has joined Alliant Insurance Services as first vice president in the company’s office in Bannockburn, Illinois. ...Read More | |||
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AmTrust: Average Retail Injury Results in 24 Days Off Work | 11/08/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 254 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 39 min read | |||
| The average retail injury causes employees to miss an average of 24 days from work, according to claims data analyzed by AmTrust Financial Services Inc. ...Read More | |||
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AG Defends $4.3M Penalty, Saying ALA Knew It Was Not Authorized to Sell Comp Coverage | 11/07/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 722 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 41 min read | |||
| American Labor Alliance had to know its customers believed they were buying legal workers’ compensation coverage and that it was not licensed to sell insurance in California, the attorney general’s office argued in court filings supporting a $4.3 million penalty handed down last year....Read More | |||
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Cal/OSHA Applauds Court Decision in Home Depot Penalty Case | 11/07/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 890 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 43 min read | |||
| The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health applauded an appellate court decision upholding citations issued to Home Depot for violating safety standards after a warehouse worker suffered a serious foot injury in 2014. ...Read More | |||
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Democratic Victories May Bring 'Incremental' Changes for Workers' Comp | 11/07/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 621 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 84 min read | |||
| A blue wave that swept through Kentucky and Virginia on Tuesday has given Democrats more control over those states' workers' compensation systems and could result in at least some changes in judges, a cancer presumption law and new retaliation prohibitions. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can Establish Occupational Disease Claim Without Link to 'General Work Activities' | 11/07/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 157 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 19 min read | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that a worker is not required to prove that his alleged occupational disease was caused by his “general work activities” in order to be entitled to benefits. ...Read More | |||
