Workers' Compensation News
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Court Says Employer Can't Rely on Fraudulent Inducement Defense for Worker's Claim | 03/05/2025 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that a fraud inducement defense to a workers’ compensation claim does not apply when the employer learns about a false representation after hiring an employee but before she is injured. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Stagehand Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 03/05/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to an injured stagehand on his Labor Law claim. Case: Traub v. Basketb...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker's Unguarded Press Tort Fails; Employer Not Entitled to Recover Costs | 03/04/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court ruled that a trial court properly granted summary judgment after finding that an injured worker's negligence claim didn't fit into the narrow exception to exclusivity when an employer removes a guard from machinery. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Switching to Electronic Process for Claims Delinquency Report | 03/04/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division on Monday announced that it is moving to an electronic process for the quarterly claims delinquency report. ...Read More | |||
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Court Again Rules That Worker's Refusal of Light Duty Doesn't Warrant Denial of Benefits | 03/04/2025 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals revised its prior determination that a worker should not have been denied temporary total disability benefits after he refused a light-duty position during the COVID-19 pandemic because of his underlying health issues. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award of Benefits for Bus Driver's Shoulder Injury | 03/04/2025 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a bus driver for a shoulder injury. Case: Rock Region Me...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Revive Claim After Failing to Respond to Employer's Appeal | 03/04/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to relief from a judgment dismissing her claim after she repeatedly failed to respond to her employer’s challenges to the compensability of her alleged accident. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendants Get Partial Summary Judgment on Worker's Claims | 03/04/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law action should have been granted partial summary judgment on the claims against them but that they were not entitled to summary judgment on their third-party indemnification claim. ...Read More | |||
| Bill Would Repeal Employer Safety Committee Requirement, Unfunded Consultation Program | 03/04/2025 | ||
| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Legislation introduced in Nebraska would repeal laws enacted in 1993 requiring public and private employers to establish safety committees to develop written injury prevention programs. LB 397...Read More | |||
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High Court Says Worker Excluded From LHWCA Can Pursue Maritime Negligence Claim | 03/03/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Supreme Court said an appellate court erred when it determined that amendments to the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act triggered exclusive remedy provisions under state law and prohibited an injured worker from pursuing negligence claims under general maritime law...Read More | |||
