Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Overturns Order Reviving Worker's Judgment Against Employer | 01/02/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Supreme Court overturned an order reviving an injured worker’s judgment against his employer, finding the employer had already satisfied the judgment against it. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Authorization for Worker's Compound Cream Medication | 01/02/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned an administrative decision allowing a claims administrator to end payments for an expensive compound cream a worker was using to treat her complex regional pain syndrome. ...Read More | |||
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Claim for Loss-of-Use Benefits Cannot Be Asserted After Death of Worker | 01/02/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a claim for loss-of-use compensation for an injured worker cannot be asserted after the worker's death. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Should Have Been Granted Approval of 3rd Party Settlement | 01/02/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted judicial approval of her settlement of a third-party personal injury action. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill to Expand Warehouse Worker Protections | 01/02/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill that would build on warehouse worker protections enacted in 2022. The governor o...Read More | |||
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WCS Announces 2.3% COLA for 2025 | 01/02/2025 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Injured workers receiving permanent total disability benefits and dependents receiving survivor’s benefits should receive a 2.3% increase in their monthly benefit rate in January, the Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section announced. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Upholds Miner's Entitlement to Black Lung Benefits | 12/31/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a long-time coal miner’s entitlement to black lung benefits, rejecting the employer’s challenges as reiterations of previously unsuccessfully arguments asserted against reliance on the Black Lung Benefits Act’s preamble and regulation...Read More | |||
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Denial of Convicted Fraudster's Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea Gets Upheld | 12/31/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of a defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea to a charge of workers’ compensation fraud. ...Read More | |||
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Contractor Fined $161,325 for Trench Collapse that Killed Owner's Brother | 12/31/2024 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal workplace safety regulators fined a general contractor in Maine $161,325 saying it ignored repeated warnings and its own site-specific safety plan prior to a fatal accident in June 2024 that killed the brother of the company's owner. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Worker's Entitlement to Additional Treatment, TTD Benefits | 12/31/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was entitled to additional treatment and temporary total disability benefits for a knee injury. ...Read More | |||
