Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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OSHA Fines Contractor $50,703 for Drowning Death | 12/31/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a Louisiana contractor $50,703 for violations that resulted in the drowning death of a heavy equipment operator at a worksite in North Carolina. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Rule Changes Open for Public Comment | 12/31/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is seeking comments on two fee schedule rules and an outpatient formulary regulation. ...Read More | |||
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Defendant Allegedly Misled About Status of Worker's Comp Claim Can't Get Relief from Default | 12/31/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a defendant in a civil suit was not entitled to relief from a default judgment against it even though it had allegedly been misled by the plaintiff’s employer about the status of the plaintiff’s workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
