Second-injury fund reforms must apply to the backlog of about 30,000 unresolved claims to preserve the program and tackle skyrocketing costs, administration officials told California
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The Assembly Insurance Committee on Wednesday advanced a bill to overhaul the state's second-injury fund, opting to move a measure the governor has already vetoed
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A California appeals court ruled that workers' compensation is the exclusive remedy for an injured worker's claim that a third-party administrator, claims handler and
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The Connecticut Supreme Court on Monday held that employers are generally entitled to a lien on the net amount of third-party settlement proceeds deriving from
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A New York appeals court affirmed the determination that a man's brain and head injuries were compensable even though the mechanism of the injury was
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The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission performed the wrong legal analysis in awarding death benefits to the surviving heir of a woman who died in a
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The Minnesota Court of Appeals refused to let a basketball referee sue his employer for a courtside assault during a recreational game, ruling that he
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The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that D.R. Horton was entitled to a judgment notwithstanding a jury verdict that found it liable for a trench accident
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The 1st District Court of Appeal of California published its decision finding that the Privette doctrine bars an ironworker's civil claim against a contractor.
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The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to the estate of a worker who suffered a pulmonary embolism, fell into water face
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