Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Injured From Fall Into Hole Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 05/08/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from falling into a hole. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Ex-Firefighter With PTSD Claim | 05/08/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a firefighter’s claim for post-traumatic stress disorder. Case: ...Read More | |||
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CHSWC to Vote on Posting Annual Reports at May 15 Meeting | 05/07/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation will vote on posting draft annual reports when it meets May 15. Commiss...Read More | |||
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Task Force Recommends Increasing Attorney Fee, Discovery Advance | 05/07/2024 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A task force created by New Mexico lawmakers to analyze workers’ compensation attorney fees recommended upping the cap by 33% and increasing the current employer-paid discovery advance by 16%. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Negligence Suit Against Nonsubscribing Employer for Amputation | 05/07/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court revived a civil suit against a nonsubscribing employer for the amputation of a worker’s leg after he stepped on a nail at the employer’s job site. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rules COVID-19 Can Be Occupational Disease | 05/07/2024 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a case of first impression, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that COVID-19 can be an occupational disease under the Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Pilot's Claims for Additional Benefits | 05/07/2024 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court upheld the denial of a pilot’s claim for additional benefits for conditions he blamed on his injuries from a 1985 plane crash. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Has Jurisdiction Over Workers' Claims for Burn Injuries | 05/07/2024 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that South Carolina’s workers’ compensation statutes did not deprive a trial judge of subject matter jurisdiction over a civil suit by three workers who were badly burned in a plastics plant fire. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Passes E-Signature Bill | 05/06/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly unanimously passed a bill that would treat electronic signatures the same as traditional wet signatures for Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board proceedings. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Loss-of-Use Award to Worker With Incomplete Paraplegia | 05/06/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker with incomplete paraplegia was not entitled to a loss-of-use award for his legs because he retained at least some ability to walk. ...Read More | |||
