Workers' Compensation News
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3rd DCA Publishes Decision on Compensability of Car Accident; Defendant Petitions High Court | 05/14/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on the compensability of a worker’s injuries after he left his job at a remote fire camp without his employer’s knowledge, and in violation of its rules. ...Read More | |||
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Department Releases Training Video | 05/14/2024 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry's Compliance, Records and Training (CRT) unit has created a new training video to assist administrators who file denials of primary liability. ...Read More | |||
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DOL Sets Benefit-Assistance Events for Black Lung Disease Cases | 05/14/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor's federal Black Lung Program has set outreach events for current and former coal miners with disabilities related to black lung disease in Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. ...Read More | |||
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Research Group Releases Report on Access to Care | 05/14/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Workers' Compensation Research and Evaluation Group released a new report on access to care in the Lone Star State's workers' compensation system between 2017 and 2022. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Overturns Finding of No Liability for Second Injury Fund | 05/14/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court overturned a finding that the Second Injury Fund was not liable for a worker’s permanent total disability after she suffered two different leg injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Triable Questions Foreclose Summary Judgment | 05/14/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim, finding triable issues remained as to the circumstances of his alleged accident. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney for Injured Worker Fails to Negotiate Fee for Himself in Settlement | 05/14/2024 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court ruled that the attorney for an injured worker was not entitled to demand a fee from a settlement that did not provide a payment to him. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Constitutional Challenges to New IRE Provisions | 05/13/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected a worker’s constitutional challenges to the state’s new impairment rating evaluation scheme but declined to impose costs and fees on him for raising the same challenges it has already rejected. ...Read More | |||
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Defendants in Personal Injury Action Fail to Prove Special Employment Relationship | 05/13/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a personal injury action failed to establish they were protected by workers’ compensation exclusivity. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Benefits to Truck Driver for Alleged Hip Injury | 05/13/2024 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits to a truck driver with a history of chronic pain for an alleged hip injury. ...Read More | |||
