The Governing Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Wednesday voted 8-1 to recommend that the California insurance commissioner increase the advisory pure
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A California appeals court said a worker’s disability discrimination claim must fail as a matter of law because there was no dispute that her employer
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Workers’ compensation is the exclusive remedy for a man who was contracted to spend more than 52 hours on a residential skylight installation project but
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New York’s highest court rejected a city’s efforts to claw back $106,000 in overpayments to an injured firefighter.
The New York Court of Appeals held
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A New York appellate court ruled that a general contractor was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s Labor Law claim against it and that
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A California Senate committee on Wednesday passed bills that would require annual cost-of-living adjustments in permanent partial disability benefits and create a presumption that certain
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An Illinois appeals court reversed an order that dismissed a civil tort claim, remanding the case for the trial court to determine whether the person who allegedly
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A California appellate court upheld a trial judge’s decision to allow an injured worker to proceed with his claims of age and disability discrimination, wrongful
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits for a worker’s burn injuries due to her lack of credibility.
Tammy Chambers worked
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Although the time for the next round of system reforms is coming, political observers speaking at the California Workers' Compensation Institute's 61st
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