Workers' Compensation News
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Court: WCJ Needs to Revisit Contingency Fee Agreement | 09/20/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ordered a workers’ compensation judge to reconsider an agreement providing for a 20% contingency fee from a worker’s medical and indemnity benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Employer's Challenge to Black Lung Award | 09/20/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals denied an employer’s challenge to an award of black lung benefits to a longtime coal mine employee. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Partially Reverses Employer's Win | 09/20/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court overturned a finding that a worker’s stiff person syndrome was not related to her work accident, and a finding that she was capable of engaging in gainful employment in a sedentary capacity. ...Read More | |||
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Most Lodging and Meal Reimbursement Rates Increase Oct. 1 | 09/20/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division on Thursday announced that most lodging and meal reimbursement rates for injured workers who travel to medical appointments will increase Oct. 1. ...Read More | |||
| DWC Closing Eureka Virtual Office Oct. 18 | 09/19/2024 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation said it is closing a virtual district office in Eureka on Oct. 18 and shifting cases to Santa Rosa. Beginning Oct. 1, all hearing requests will be scheduled in the Santa Rosa district office, the DWC said. Hearings that are cu...Read More | |||
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Supervisor Gets Summary Judgment Dismissing Civil Suit Over Motor Vehicle Accident | 09/19/2024 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s civil suit against his supervisor for his injuries from motor vehicle accident caused when the supervisor fell asleep behind the wheel while they were carpooling to a jobsite. ...Read More | |||
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L&I: Man Accused of Stealing $340,000 by Running Business While Collecting Benefits | 09/19/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A man who allegedly started a metal fabrication shop just weeks after suffering a workplace injury was charged with felony theft for allegedly stealing about $340,000 in indemnity benefits, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries said. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Overturns Denial of Former Pro Soccer Player's Knee Injury Claim | 09/19/2024 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The District of Columbia’s high court overturned the denial of a former professional soccer player’s claim for benefits for a right knee injury allegedly caused by a decades-old injury to her left knee. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds 1% PPD Award for Worker With Knee Injury | 09/19/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 1% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s knee injury. Case:...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Employer's Entitlement to Terminate Worker's Benefits | 09/19/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an employer’s entitlement to terminate its payment of benefits to an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
