Workers' Compensation News
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House Passes Bill to Modify Benefit Schedule | 03/07/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Washington State House of Representatives passed a bill that would revise the schedule of permanent total disability and temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgment Appropriate for Worker Who Fell From Ladder | 03/07/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder. Case:...Read More | |||
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Bill Amended to Apply Multiple Presumptions to Airport Firefighters | 03/06/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker recently amended a bill to propose adding firefighters at airports and other federal facilities to seven different presumptions covering everything from hernias to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Mother Not Entitled to Increase in Dependency Benefits | 03/06/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a finding that a worker’s mother was not entitled to an increased award of death benefits based on her partial dependency on her son. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Not Entitled to Summary Judgment | 03/06/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of summary judgment for a defendant seeking dismissal of the Labor Law and product liability claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Confirms Heather Jordan as WCA Director | 03/06/2025 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The New Mexico Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Heather Jordan as director for the Workers' Compensation Administration. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Errs in Excluding Doctor's Affidavit From Evidence | 03/06/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a judge erred in excluding a doctor’s affidavit from evidence and then granting summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claim for additional benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Authorization for Lumbar Surgery | 03/06/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of authorization for a worker’s lumbar surgery. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Eliminating State OSHA Program | 03/06/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Oregon lawmaker introduced legislation that would force the state to relinquish its oversight of workplace safety issues in the state and hand off that responsibility to the federal government. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Fee Schedule, Dependent Benefit Bill | 03/06/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Senate passed a bill that would recast statutory provisions directing the Industrial Commission to adopt a fee schedule for medical services provided to injured workers. ...Read More | |||
