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Wednesday, October 11, 2023
- State: Louisiana
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A Louisiana appellate court upheld an award of benefits, penalties and attorney fees to a Walmart employee for the aggravation of a preexisting condition.
Case:
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- State: Louisiana
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A Louisiana appellate court overturned the calculation of a worker’s average weekly wage and reduced the penalties assessed against his statutory employer but upheld his award
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- State: West Virginia
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the expansion of a coal miner’s claim to include traumatic right shoulder arthropathy.
Case: Murray American Energy Inc. v.
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- State: Kentucky
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The Workers’ Compensation Nominating Committee is accepting applications from legal professionals who want to serve on the Workers’ Compensation Board in the Kentucky Department of Workers’
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- State: West Virginia
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A divided West Virginia Supreme Court overturned a denial of a worker’s request for additional treatment and expansion of his claim.
Case: Gration v. Contura
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- State: Florida
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A Florida appellate court overturned an award of benefits to a grill cook for his injuries from his manager’s amateur chiropractic effort to relieve his
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- State: Kentucky
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The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a worker’s failure to join a pending shoulder injury claim to a settlement for a prior injury resulted in
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- State: West Virginia
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a cake decorator’s claim for carpal tunnel syndrome.
Case: Moore v. Wal-Mart Associates Inc., No. 21-0948,
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- State: West Virginia
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The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker who lost the tip of his thumb was not entitled to the statutory 12% permanent partial
… Read more »Wednesday, October 4, 2023
- State: West Virginia
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for a back injury based on her lack of credibility.
Case: Dix v.
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