A Pennsylvania appellate court on Monday ordered a workers’ compensation judge to determine whether an employer should be penalized for failing to reimburse an injured
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The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board sanctioned an attorney and a hearing representative a combined $40,000 for requesting reconsideration to delay proceedings.
The board in an
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New York’s highest court unanimously ruled that when an employee is injured in an attack at work, his injuries are presumed to be compensable and
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The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that if a worker is injured as a passenger in an employer-owned vehicle, and workers’ compensation exclusivity precludes a recovery
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The Illinois Appellate Court overturned a denial of benefits for the son of a worker who died of a heart attack.
Richard Cronk worked for Kimball
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The California Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on the compensability of a worker’s injuries after he left his job at a remote
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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
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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
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A divided West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of benefits to a longtime paint technician on his claim that he developed Parkinson’s disease because
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In a case of first impression, the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that medical expenses written off by a provider constitute “payments received or the right
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