Workers' Compensation News
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Court Partially Overturns Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claims as Premature | 02/25/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court partially overturned a grant of summary judgment for a defendant in a Labor Law case as premature. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Report: SAIF CEO Reports Home Targeted by Gunfire | 02/25/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The chief executive officer of Oregon's SAIF Corp. said someone fired three bullets through his front door, according to a report by Wi...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Employer's Petition for Review of Worker's Black Lung Benefits Award | 02/25/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court denied an employer petition for review of an award of Black lung benefits to a longtime coal miner. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Writ of Supervisory Review, Award of Fees, Penalties | 02/25/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court granted a supervisory writ of review and determined that an injured worker should have been awarded attorney fees and penalties. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Address Fee Schedules, Wage Calculations and Presumptions | 02/24/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers introduced bills that would require biennial adjustments to the Medical-Legal Fee Schedule and annual cost-of-living increases in wages used to calculate permanent partial disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Defect in Worker's Brief Doesn't Warrant Denial of Appeal | 02/24/2025 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that a worker should have been granted appellate review of his denied claim despite his technical failure to comply with the rules of appellate procedure. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Get Rehearing by Blaming Former Attorney for Evidence Failure | 02/24/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a self-represented worker failed to prove entitlement to reconsideration or full board review by casting blame on his former attorney for failing to provide evidence at the initial board hearing. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Increase Attorney Fees | 02/24/2025 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The New Mexico House of Representatives passed a bill to increase attorney fees as well as the amount of discovery costs that employers can be ordered to advance to injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Failure to Complete Drug Test Doesn't Foreclose Benefits, Fees, Penalties | 02/24/2025 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Nebraska Court of Appeals upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to an injured worker despite his failure to complete a post-accident drug test, and it upheld an assessment of penalties and fees against his employer. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Worker Not Entitled to 104 Weeks of Rehab TTD | 02/24/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to rehabilitation temporary total disability benefits for 104 weeks. ...Read More | |||
