Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Struck by Falling Objects Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 04/24/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld summary judgment to a worker on his Labor Law claim for injuries from being struck by falling objects. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Benefits for Foot Injury, Remains Entitled Despite Rejecting Job Offer | 04/24/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a worker suffered a compensable injury to her foot when a patient ran over it in a wheelchair and that she was entitled to supplemental earnings benefits after she rejected a modified job offered by her employer. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Additional Benefits, Compensation for Other Alleged Injuries | 04/24/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld a determination that a school district employee was not entitled to additional benefits for alleged injuries to his hips and knees after he hurt his ankle in a workplace fall. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Pass Cancer Presumption Bill and Nurse Payment Resolution | 04/24/2024 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Hawaii lawmakers passed a bill that would add breast cancer and cancer of female reproductive organs to the list of conditions that are presumed compensable for firefighters. ...Read More | |||
| DWC Updates Time-of-Hire Notice | 04/23/2024 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Division of Workers’ Compensation on Monday announced that it updated a notice that employers are required to give to new employees. The time-of-hire notice, available in English and Spanish, tells employees about California workers’ compensation rights and benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Divided Supreme Court Reinstates Occupational Disease Claim for COVID-19 | 04/23/2024 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Nebraska Supreme Court revived a health care worker’s occupational disease claim based on her COVID-19 infection in the early days of the pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment for Worker on Labor Law Claims | 04/23/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment on any of his Labor Law claims and that the defendant was entitled to have one claim partially dismissed. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Summary Judgment on Claims From Alleged Elevator Mishap | 04/23/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court issued a trio of opinions upholding a trial justice’s decision to allow a worker to proceed with his claims for negligence and violations of the Labor Law. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Orders Further Proceedings on Truck Driver's Status as 'Employee' | 04/23/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Supreme Court ruled that an injured truck driver’s claims against three related corporate entities had to be remanded for a determination of whether he qualified as their employee at the time of his wreck. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Bill to Strip State's Right to Self-Insure | 04/23/2024 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado Senate Appropriations Committee passed a bill that would strip the right of the state to self-insure its workers’ compensation risks. ...Read More | |||
