The Idaho Supreme Court ruled that independent contractors are not afforded immunity from tort liability under the workers’ compensation law as statutory employers, unlike contractors
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A California appellate court in an unpublished decision ruled that State Compensation Insurance Fund could not belatedly challenge an administrative determination that it miscalculated an
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The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld an unapportioned award of benefits to an injured mine worker but ruled that he was not entitled to
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The Appeals Court of Massachusetts overturned a trial court’s assertion of personal jurisdiction over an out-of-state insurance carrier for a coverage dispute.
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The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that an insurance carrier was not entitled to have a default judgment against its insured set aside.
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California lawmakers passed bills to discount time spent resolving medical treatment disputes from the aggregate cap on temporary disability benefits, expand post-traumatic stress disorder and skin cancer
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A California appellate court ruled that the Privette doctrine barred an electrical subcontractor’s employee from pursuing a civil suit against a general contractor for a
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The Appellate Court of Maryland ruled that the last injurious exposure rule does not apply to the apportionment of liability among an employer’s insurers when
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An Ohio appellate court overturned a denial of a widow’s request for compensation for her husband’s loss of use of his arms and legs, loss
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A California appellate court ruled that the recovery of workers’ compensation benefits was the exclusive remedy available to a yacht club employee for his on-the-job
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