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  • State: Louisiana
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A Louisiana appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for indemnity benefits for a shoulder injury but ruled that his employer was liable

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  • State: Texas
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The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation has adopted amendments to the agency’s rules concerning medical disputes for workers’ compensation claims.

Amended rules 133.240, 133.250, 133.305,

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  • State: Texas
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A Texas appellate court upheld an award of workers’ compensation benefits to the common-law wife of a police officer who died in the line of

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  • State: Florida
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A Florida appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a firefighter for his severe cardiac issues after his diagnosis of COVID-19, based on a

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  • State: Oklahoma
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A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the statutory cap of 350 weeks of permanent partial disability benefits did not bar a worker from receiving additional

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  • State: Texas
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A Texas appellate court upheld a jury’s finding that a worker had been terminated in retaliation for filing a workers’ compensation claim, and it upheld

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  • State: Texas
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Retired Lubbock firefighter Matt Dawson, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2020 and was the inspiration for a bill to expand eligibility for lifetime

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  • State: Kentucky
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The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a worker with a cumulative trauma injury was entitled to a statutory three-times multiplier of his award based on

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  • State: Texas
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The Texas Department of Insurance has proposed rules to implement a new law extending professional licensing reciprocity to members of the military.

Lawmakers in 2019

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  • State: Kentucky
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The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was entitled to a 20% whole-person permanent partial impairment rating due to his gait derangement.

Case:

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