
Texas Workers' Compensation Commissioner Jeff Nelson on Friday announced the appointment of Dan LaBruyere as the new deputy commissioner for compliance and investigations.
LaBruyere will
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A circuit court judge in Virginia on Friday said workers’ compensation exclusivity does not preclude a teacher from pursuing a $40 million civil suit for
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The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld the denial of benefits to a coal miner for his occupational pneumoconiosis claim.
Case: Raynes v. Kingston Mining
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The West Virginia Supreme Court overturned a denial of benefits to a worker with preexisting back issues for her injury claim.
Case: Harrison v. Hockin,
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The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker who was fired from his job, plus an industrial
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The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that it readopted its rules in Chapter 102-166 as part of a requirement to periodically review its regulations.
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A Texas appellate court ruled that a self-insurance fund’s governmental immunity was waived under the Workers' Compensation Act for administrative penalties imposed by the Department
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The Oklahoma Insurance Department completed the move to a new office in Tulsa.
The new office in the Meridian Tower on East Skelly Drive opened
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A Texas appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier was not entitled to an order allowing it to intervene in an injured worker’s lawsuit to
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The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award for occupational pneumoconiosis.
Case:
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