Workers Comp

Colorado lawmakers on Tuesday introduced legislation that would amend death benefits paid to surviving spouses in workers compensation claims. House Bill 1139 says that dependents of deceased employees who had worked jobs classified as high-risk would be eligible to receive lifetime death benefits even after remarrying. Current language in the law only allows for lifetime …

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An injured toll collector cannot sue over injuries she suffered after an ambulance collided with her tollbooth because of statutory immunity and because she already obtained workers compensation benefits for the injuries, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. Shannon Garst worked as a toll collector at an Interstate 44 tollbooth in Newcastle when she was …

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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday it cited an Alabama maintenance and repair contractor after a worker died in August 2023 while performing repairs on a screw conveyor system atop a cement silo. OSHA cited Birmingham-based G&R Mineral Services Inc. for three serious violations for failing to remove employees from areas surrounding …

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The Alaska Supreme Court has vacated a $2.3 million jury award for a former state social worker who sued her employer for retaliation and wrongful termination over failures to protect her from a dangerous client. The state high court on Thursday overturned the former employee’s award but let stand a lower court decision denying a …

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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed more than $1 million in penalties against a New Jersey contractor for willfully and repeatedly exposing workers to fall hazards. OSHA said Monday that it cited Paterson-based Adrian Construction Group LLC after a workplace safety inspection at a construction site in Franklin Lakes in July 2023. …

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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Monday it cited an Illinois construction contractor after workers were found exposed to deadly fall hazards at a job site in August 2023. OSHA cited Oswego-based United Custom Homes LLC for one repeat, one willful, one serious and one other-than-serious violations and assessed $264,143 in proposed penalties …

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An appeals court in West Virginia Thursday declined to give permanent partial disability to a woman who says her depression, anxiety, fatigue and shortness of breath were related to a COVID-19 infection she contracted at work in January 2021. The woman, whose claim for COVID-19 was accepted by Princeton Community Hospital Association, saw several doctors …

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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Thursday it cited a Melbourne, Florida-based crane rental company after a worker was electrocuted in August 2023. OSHA cited Capt’n Hook’s Crane Service Inc. following the worker fatality at a Palm Bay residential construction project. The individual died after contacting two 13,200-volt power lines while suspended from …

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A class-action lawsuit concerning a cyber breach at an AssuredPartners unit is drawing plenty of attention this week. Source link

A New York appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a trial judge improperly dismissed a subrogation action brought by an auto insurer seeking to recover costs from a workers compensation insurer stemming from a work-related motor vehicle accident. The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court determined that State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. …

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