The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request to add post-traumatic stress disorder to her claim and for a second opinion and pain
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for a second time reappointed Sean M. Quinn to a six-year term as a judge on the state's Workers' Compensation Court
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A divided Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker was entitled to compensation based on his industrial disability, not his earning power, after
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The workers' compensation industry has seen a steady rise in the number of nurse practitioners and physician assistants tending to injured workers during first medical
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A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board made an improper schedule loss of use assessment regarding a comparison of contralateral members.
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A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should have been granted summary judgment on some of a worker’s claims, but the
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a fire chief’s claim for occupational hearing loss.
Case: Preece v. Kermit Volunteer Fire Department, No.
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The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is proposing a 6% rate reduction that it says would save private employers about $60 million in premiums in
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The California Division of Workers' Compensation posted agendas for its annual Educational Conference being held in March.
Sessions will include a DWC update, reports from
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Exclusive remedy does not prohibit the estate of a deceased worker from suing the worker's former employer for negligence when the estate is otherwise time-barred
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