A bill that would cap awards when an employer deliberately intends to injure a worker is heading to the desk of Gov. Jim Justice.
The
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A Louisiana appellate court upheld a determination that a worker was no longer entitled to temporary total disability benefits and that her right to supplemental
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Texas lawmakers proposed a bill that would discontinue group self-insurance and dissolve the Texas Self-Insurance Group Guaranty Fund and Trust Fund.
Identical companion measures HB
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The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that a worker could not transfer his structured settlement payments from an annuity to resolve his Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation
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Lawmakers in Texas are considering a bill that would make infertility suffered by certain first responders a compensable condition under workers’ compensation.
SB 1878 would
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A divided Tennessee appellate court elected to ignore the deficiencies in a municipal employer’s briefing to address the merits of a dispute with a former
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A Texas appellate court ruled that a trial judge should have granted an employer’s motion for summary judgment dismissing an injured worker’s retaliatory termination claim.
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The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is seeking public comments on proposed changes to forms relating to medical examinations, annuities, lump-sum payments and maximum medical
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The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the Industrial Commission short-changed a worker’s parents by calculating the benefits payable to them using only the
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The West Virginia State House of Representatives on Tuesday narrowly passed a bill that would cap awards for cases where an employer deliberately intended to
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