
A federal appellate court ruled that an injured locomotive engineer could not maintain a tort suit against the railway that had contracted with his employer to
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The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that an injured paramedic was entitled to a refund of the portion of a third-party settlement he had sent
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The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that a state employer was not entitled to a credit for benefits not ultimately retained by its injured employee.
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A Louisiana appellate court upheld an award of penalties and attorney fees to an injured Walmart employee whose benefits had been reduced on the opinion
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A former postal worker who pleaded guilty to charges relating to receiving more than $732,000 in benefits to which he was not entitled was sentenced
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The mileage reimbursement rate for injured workers is now the same as what is paid to state workers for authorized travel, the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation
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A Louisiana appellate court upheld an award of benefits, penalties and attorney fees for the employee of a staffing service company for a back injury,
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The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a denial of back surgery for a worker with an admittedly compensable back injury.
Case: Sosa v. Kawneer Co. Inc.,
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The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the denial of an injured correctional officer’s claim for duty disability retirement benefits.
Case: Smith v. Public Employees Retirement
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In a case of first impression, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the Industrial Commission need not expressly state that it found good grounds
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