Workers' Compensation News
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DOL Seeks Input for Heat Standard | 06/26/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor urges owners of small businesses and representatives from local government bodies to join the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in discussions on the potential impacts of a workplace heat standard. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Unanimously Upholds Denial of Additional TTD for Injured Pipe Fitter | 06/26/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a finding that an injured pipe fitter was not entitled to additional temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Denies Review of Worker's Claim of Entitlement to PTD Benefits | 06/26/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A divided Louisiana Supreme Court declined to consider a worker’s challenge to the denial of her request for permanent total disability benefits despite the alleged evidentiary errors at her trial. ...Read More | |||
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L&I: Refinery Workers Gain Protection in Proposed Rule Update | 06/26/2023 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Washington's State Department of Labor & Industries proposes updated workplace safety rules for petroleum refineries to prevent disasters like the 2010 explosion that killed seven workers at the former Tesoro refinery in Anacortes. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Medical Benefits, Claim Expansion for Injured Electrician | 06/23/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a decision to deny medical benefits and an additional compensable condition to a worker with a history of back issues before an on-the-job fall. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Releases 2022 Residual Market Management Summary | 06/23/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance has released its Residual Market Management Summary 2022, capturing the health of workers' compensation residual market plans and reinsurance pools that NCCI services in 30 jurisdictions. ...Read More | |||
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Contractor Gets Summary Dismissal of Indemnity Claim by Building Manager | 06/23/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a third-party defendant should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a claim for indemnification against it for injuries allegedly sustained by its employee. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Colleague's Car in Parking Lot Can't Pursue Civil Remedy | 06/23/2023 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was barred from proceeding with a civil suit against a colleague who struck him with a car in their employer’s parking lot. ...Read More | |||
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Property Owner Not Entitled to Summary Dismissal of Worker's Labor Law Claim | 06/23/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a property owner was not entitled to summary judgment on an injured worker’s Labor Law claim based on the homeowner's exemption from liability. ...Read More | |||
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Goldberg Segalla Welcomes Alexandra R. Hassan to Manhattan Office | 06/23/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Goldberg Segalla added Alexandra R. Hassan to the firm’s workers’ compensation group in Manhattan. She was previously with Wilson Elser in New York. ...Read More | |||
