Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Fails to Establish New/Omitted Condition Claim, Continued Combined Condition Claim | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s new/omitted medical condition claim for a preexisting cervical arthritic condition, as well as a finding that his compensable cervical strain/sprain ceased to be the major contributing cause of a compensable combined condition...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Finding That Summer Camp Excursion Director Was Seasonal Employee | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania overturned a finding that a summer camp’s excursion director was a seasonal employee and a finding that he had not suffered a neck injury in a fall from a rock-climbing tower. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill to End TTD When Worker Released to Full Duty | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a bill allowing temporary total disability benefits to be terminated when an injured worker is released to full duty. ...Read More | |||
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Housekeeper Not Permanently Totally Disabled by Injuries, Depression | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that an injured housekeeper was not permanently and totally disabled by his physical injuries and consequential depression. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Claim Expansion, Additional Treatment | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a decision denying the expansion of a worker’s claim and for additional treatments. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Can Proceed With Claims for Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination | 04/08/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld a trial judge’s decision to allow an injured worker to proceed with his claims of age and disability discrimination, wrongful termination and retaliation. ...Read More | |||
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CHSWC Meets April 16 | 04/08/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s labor-management panel is scheduled to meet in Sacramento on April 16. Members of the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers&...Read More | |||
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Court Vacates Exxon's $25 Million Recovery From Contractor's Umbrella Policy | 04/08/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court vacated an order directing a contractor’s carrier to contribute $25 million toward a settlement Exxon entered with three workers injured in a refinery explosion who had also accepted workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Disbarred for Misusing Injured Worker's Funds | 04/08/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Supreme Court last week disbarred a Seattle-area solo practitioner for using his clients’ trust accounts as his own “piggy bank.” ...Read More | |||
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CMS Posts Updated Set-Aside Reference Guide | 04/08/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Monday posted an updated version of its guide for set-aside arrangements. All...Read More | |||
