
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal involving conditions under which an injured worker forfeits all rights to compensation by refusing reasonable medical
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An Ohio appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s civil actions against his employer, the general contractor of a project and a subcontractor for injuries
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a worker had suffered a compensable injury to his foot, but ruled that the case had to
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A New York appellate court overturned the Workers’ Compensation Board’s denial of an extreme hardship application by a worker scraping by on $1,280 per month.
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker had no permanent impairment from a shoulder injury.
Case: Harris v. AHF LLC,
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Advanced-care practitioners treated injured workers in 37% of nonemergency visits for evaluation and management, more than double the 18% reported in 2013, according to the
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The Industrial Commission of Arizona announced that carriers, third-party administrators and self-insured employers have 90 days to transition to using a new claim status notice
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A California appeals court found no problem with an order requiring a business owner convicted of cheating a work comp carrier and state tax collectors
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The U.S. Department of Labor and a Newark roofing contractor have reached a $155,000 settlement agreement resolving litigation stemming from investigations last summer that found the
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A federal appellate court denied an employer’s petition for review of an award of Black Lung Act benefits to a coal miner’s widow.
Case: Consol
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