A divided Rhode Island Supreme Court upheld a determination that a state trooper was entitled to a duty disability pension.
Staci Shepherd worked as a
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The workers' compensation pure premium advisory rate will increase 8.7%, effective Sept. 1, the first rate hike in California since the start of 2015.
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The nonpartisan fiscal and policy adviser to the California Legislature said the Subsequent Injury Benefit Trust Fund is no longer aligned with the benefit structure
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The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that injured workers are entitled to an award of reasonable attorney fees, up to the statutory cap, for each
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The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court denied State Fund’s motion for summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claim for temporary partial disability benefits, finding that he had
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Injuries that would be presumed compensable for hospital workers under a bill pending in the Assembly occur at similar rates — and are denied at
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The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled that a statutory cap on attorney fees enacted in 1987 does not apply to appeals.
The high court said
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A divided Maryland Supreme Court said an employer that complies with the state's Workers' Compensation Act is shielded from wrongful death actions brought by a
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The Massachusetts Supreme Court issued a pair of decisions finding that insurers in run-off are not precluded from receiving second-injury reimbursements, and the state's insolvent
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Two insurance companies filed a federal lawsuit accusing a prominent New York personal injury law firm and dozens of doctors, clinics and other defendants of
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