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  • State: Virginia
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Virginia lawmakers are considering a bill that would provide employers with a definition of occupational illness among workers who may be eligible for workers’ compensation.

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  • State: West Virginia
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The West Virginia Senate on Friday unanimously passed a bill that would expand the list of cancers that are presumed to be compensable for firefighters.

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  • State: Texas
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A Texas appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s claim of discrimination and retaliation, finding he had been validly terminated for violating its

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  • State: Missouri
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The Missouri Court of Appeals overturned an award of the statutory minimum benefit to the widow of a volunteer firefighter killed in the line of duty.

Case:

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  • State: South Carolina
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The South Carolina Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker’s need for a second shoulder surgery was the result of her original workplace

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  • State: Florida
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Wednesday that it cited a Florida landscaper over a worker who drowned in July 2023.

The employee of

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  • State: South Carolina
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A South Carolina senator introduced legislation that would require workers’ compensation hearings to be held in county seats.

Current law requires work comp hearings to

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  • State: Tennessee
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The Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that its 2024 Educational Conference will be June 12-14 in Murfreesboro.

The BWC said sessions will feature industry

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  • State: Florida
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Workers’ compensation defense firm Gilson Daub on Wednesday announced the opening of a new office in Fort Lauderdale.

Christine Nixon-Calamari
(testanlaw.com)

The

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  • State: Maryland
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Maryland lawmakers have introduced a measure to increase the penalty for employers that fail to secure workers’ compensation coverage, and a bill to create a presumption

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