A California appellate court ruled that a workers’ compensation insurance carrier’s breach-of-contract action against a tile setter for failing to pay its lien out of
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The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s claims of retaliation and disability discrimination against her former employer.
Janice Hamilton worked
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An Ohio appellate court upheld a finding that a worker was not entitled to additional temporary total disability benefits because she voluntarily abandoned the job market.
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A divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation was entitled to recoup an overpayment of benefits to a worker between the
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a truck driver’s request for additional treatment and the expansion of his claim.
Jason Carter worked
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A Texas appellate court ruled that a company was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a civil suit by an employee who was punched out by
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A Texas appellate court ruled that a chemical refinery owner should have been granted summary judgment dismissing civil suits filed by subcontractors' employees who were
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A Louisiana appellate court upheld a grant of partial summary judgment limiting the potential damages for the seller of a vessel that capsized and killed
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected a worker’s constitutional challenge to his impairment rating evaluation and the modification of his disability status.
Steven Conrad worked
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A federal appellate court ruled that neither qualified immunity nor the exclusive remedy provision of Virginia’s Workers’ Compensation Law barred a nurse’s civil rights claims
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