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Monday, August 26, 2024

Pension Offset Not Available When Retiree Gets Hurt After Returning to Work

  • State: Pennsylvania
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a pension offset is not available when the retiree returns to work for a former employer on a

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Monday, August 26, 2024

Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Workers' Comp Fraud

  • State: Ohio
  • Topic: NORTH
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The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that the owner of an electrical service company pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud and has paid restitution of nearly

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Monday, August 26, 2024

Transit Authority Entitled to Collateral Source Hearing in $110M Worker Verdict

  • State: New York
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The New York City Transit Authority was entitled to a special hearing to determine whether a multimillion-dollar jury award for a paralyzed employee could have

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Monday, August 26, 2024

Roofer Cited for Exposing Workers to Fall Hazards

  • State: Oregon
  • Topic: WEST
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The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division said Thursday that it fined a Medford-based roofing contractor $103,438 for repeatedly exposing workers to dangerous fall hazards.

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Monday, August 26, 2024

Supreme Court Upholds Expansion of Worker's Claim to Add Shoulder Injury

  • State: West Virginia
  • Topic: SOUTH
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the expansion of a worker’s claim to add a shoulder injury.

Case: Gibson v. Blackhawk Mining LLC, No. 23-178,

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Monday, August 26, 2024

Employer Can't Escape Liability for Continuing Medical Benefits

  • State: Alabama
  • Topic: SOUTH
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The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled that an employer could not be relieved of its obligation to provide continuing medical treatment to an injured

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Monday, August 26, 2024

Court Upholds Denial of Miner's Third Claim for Black Lung Benefits

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  • Topic: NATIONAL
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A federal appellate court upheld the denial of a coal miner’s third claim for black lung benefits.

Case: Hitt v. OWCP, No. 23-1916, 08/15/2024, unpublished.

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Friday, August 23, 2024

Employer Can't Relitigate Reasonableness of Worker's Mileage for Treatment

  • State: Virginia
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The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that an employer could not relitigate the reasonableness of a worker’s mileage expenses from traveling to see a chiropractor 78

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Friday, August 23, 2024

Group Sets Date for Medical, Comp Fraud Conference

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  • Topic: NATIONAL
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The National Insurance Crime Bureau has set its Workers’ Compensation and Medical Investigations Conference for Oct. 1-4 in Chicago.

The event's goal is to provide training

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Friday, August 23, 2024

Cal/OSHA Hires More Investigators

  • State: California
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California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health, commonly known as Cal/OSHA, has increased staffing in its Bureau of Investigations Unit to take on more probes into

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