Workers' Compensation News
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County's Engagement in Interactive Process Defeats Discrimination Claim | 04/16/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court said a worker’s disability discrimination claim must fail as a matter of law because there was no dispute that her employer engaged in an interactive process to identify a reasonable accommodation. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Posts Reminder for RTW Supplement Application Requirements | 04/16/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted a reminder that applications for Return-to-Work Supplement Program benefits will be denied if they don’t meet certain requirements. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Lawmakers Pause on Pinnacol Privatization Proposal | 04/16/2025 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Efforts to privatize Pinnacol Assurance are likely on hold until the 2026 legislative session, according to a report published in a newsletter run by the Colorado Chamber ...Read More | |||
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State Attorneys General Petition Congress for PBM Controls | 04/16/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A coalition of 36 state attorneys general signed a letter urging members of Congress to enact legislation prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers from owning or operating affiliated pharmacies. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Sheet Metal Entitled to Partial Summary Judgment | 04/16/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker struck by a piece of sheet metal that was being hoisted should have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker's Civil Suit Against Employer, Co-Employee Reinstated | 04/16/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment dismissing a worker’s civil suit against a co-employee and his employer, finding there was a triable question as to whether the defendants knew, or should have known, his injuries were substantially certain to occur. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Action for Judicial Review Dismissed as Untimely | 04/16/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s action for judicial review as untimely filed. Case: Singlet...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Transfer of Venue for Comp Dispute | 04/16/2025 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals overturned a trial court’s grant of a worker’s motion to transfer venue, finding the trial court had not provided the alleged employer a reasonable opportunity to respond in opposition to the motion. ...Read More | |||
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Contracted Work Length Makes Comp Exclusive Remedy for Injured Skylight Installer | 04/15/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation is the exclusive remedy for a man who was contracted to spend more than 52 hours on a residential skylight installation project but was injured before hitting the 52-hour mark, a California appellate court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Former Accounting Chief at Defunct Law Firm Sentenced to Prison for Embezzlement | 04/15/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The man who led the accounting department of a defunct Los Angeles law firm was sentenced Friday to 121 months in federal prison for his role in the organization's long-running embezzlement operation. ...Read More | |||
