Workers' Compensation News
Court Rejects Constitutional Challenges to New IRE Provisions | 05/13/2024 | ||
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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 | |||
Defendants in Personal Injury Action Fail to Prove Special Employment Relationship | 05/13/2024 | ||
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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 | |||
Court Upholds Denial of Benefits to Truck Driver for Alleged Hip Injury | 05/13/2024 | ||
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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 | |||
Worker's Compensable Shoulder Injuries Qualify as Schedule Injuries | 05/13/2024 | ||
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The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker suffered a consequential injury to her left shoulder from overuse after injuring her right shoulder at work and that they qualified as schedule injuries. ...Read More | |||
Fraudster Gets 180 Days Behind Bars | 05/10/2024 | ||
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A California man pleaded no contest last week to felony insurance fraud and was sentenced to 180 days in jail. The Sacramento County Distric...Read More | |||
Divided Court Upholds PTSD Award for Cop Allegedly Set Up for Assault | 05/10/2024 | ||
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A divided Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent disability benefits to a former police officer who was beaten while responding to a call that she believed to have been set up by the chief of police. ...Read More | |||
Split Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request to Expand Claim | 05/10/2024 | ||
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A divided West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand the scope of his claim. Case: Parker...Read More | |||
Worker Injured While Trying to Stop Falling Object Prevails on Claim | 05/10/2024 | ||
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A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from trying to prevent an air conditioning coil unit from falling. ...Read More | |||
Court Overturns Attendant Care Award for Services Provided by Worker's Husband | 05/10/2024 | ||
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A Florida appellate court overturned an award for attendant care provided by a worker’s husband, finding that the judge failed to determine which services qualified as compensable. ...Read More | |||
WCIRB Releases Fourth Quarter 2023 Experience Report | 05/09/2024 | ||
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The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has released its Quarterly Experience Report to update statewide insurer experience measured as of Dec. 31, 2023. ...Read More | |||