Workers' Compensation News
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Federal Court Upholds Black Lung Award to Worker's Widow | 03/11/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld an award of black lung benefits to a worker’s widow, finding the award was adequately supported by the evidence presented to the administrative law judge. ...Read More | |||
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Construction Manager Gets Summary Judgment on Worker's Labor Law Claims | 03/11/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a construction manager should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a worker’s Labor Law claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Fee Rules Up for Review | 03/11/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Board announced that it is performing a periodic review of rules governing fees for attorneys who represent insurers and self-insured employers. ...Read More | |||
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VA Firefighter Pleads Guilty in $479,341 Fraud Scheme | 03/11/2025 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A firefighter for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs pleaded guilty to one count of workers' compensation fraud for working while receiving benefits, according to federal prosecutors in New Jersey. ...Read More | |||
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Trial Court Abuses Discretion in Denying Venue Change After Missed Hearing | 03/10/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appeals court held that a trial court abused its discretion in finding attorneys who were unable to attend a motion hearing due to severe weather had abandoned their request to transfer the case to a different venue. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Liable for Worker's Medical Bills, but Sanctions Not Warranted | 03/10/2025 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was liable for a worker’s medical bills for treatment it had refused to cover but that it should not have been sanctioned for its conduct. ...Read More | |||
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Homeowner's Husband Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Worker's Labor Law Claim | 03/10/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a homeowner’s husband was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing an injured worker’s Labor Law claims against him. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Expand Claim, Receive Additional Treatment | 03/10/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to expand the scope of her claim or to receive additional treatments. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Wins Consideration of Successive Application for PTD Benefits | 03/10/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court granted mandamus relief to an injured worker, finding that he surmounted the procedural hurdle allowing him to bring a successive application for permanent total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Extend Good Faith Duty to All Self-Insureds, TPAs | 03/10/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington Senate passed a bill that would extend the duty of good faith and fair dealing to all self-insured employers and third-party administrators. ...Read More | |||
