Workers' Compensation News
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Cal/OSHA's Reach Expands for Enterprise-Wide Violations | 09/30/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed into law a bill that creates two new categories of workplace safety violations under the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health: “enterprise-wide” and “egregious.” ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Can't Disqualify Counsel for Third-Party Tortfeasor | 09/29/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a workers’ compensation insurance carrier could not disqualify the attorneys representing a third-party tortfeasor based on a purported conflict created by the firm’s prior representation. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Worker's Objections to Language in Enforcement Order | 09/29/2021 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals rejected a worker’s challenge to the language adopted by a district court judge to enforce a judgment for his medical treatment. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI: IMR Volume Falls to Record Low | 09/28/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The total number of independent medical review determination letters fell to an all-time low in 2020, according to a new report by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Postal Worker's Convictions for Failing to Disclose Union Activities | 09/28/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld a postal worker’s criminal convictions based on his failure to report his paid and volunteer work with his labor union. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reissues Decision Denying Worker's Claim for Psych Injury, Rebuking Commissioner | 09/28/2021 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals withdrew and reissued a decision upholding the denial of a worker’s claim for aggravation of a preexisting psychological condition, though it reiterated its criticism of the commissioner for an “unduly harsh and unwarranted” critique of the wo...Read More | |||
| Court Denies Relief to Worker Who Missed Deadline to Challenge Decision | 09/24/2021 | ||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The act of hiring an attorney was sufficient evidence to find that the health of an injured worker did not preclude him from comprehending the importance of pending matters, an Ohio appellate court said in holding that a man who missed the deadline to challenge a determination of the extent of hi...Read More | |||
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CHSWC to Discuss Report on Mental Health for First Responders | 09/22/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Members of the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation are expected to discuss a report on mental health for first responders during a virtual meeting next week. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding That Worker Had 'Aggravation' of Prior Injury, Not 'Recurrence' | 09/22/2021 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals upheld a determination that a delivery truck driver suffered an aggravation, not a recurrence, of a prior back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Reinstates Claims by Worker Who Impaled Eye on Tree Guard | 09/22/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law and negligence claims based on his fall at a construction site that resulted in a tree guard stabbing him in the eye. ...Read More | |||
