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Larson's Spotlight
over 8 years ago
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Federal: Hospital Employee, Injured in Slip & Fall While Visiting Newborn Daughter, May Sue Employer in Tort
Construing Massachusetts law, a federal district court recently denied an employer’s motion for summary judgment in a negligence action filed against the employer—a medical center—by an employee who slipped and fell on a wet floor in...
Larson's Spotlight
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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Massachusetts: University’s Control of Public Street Doesn’t Turn Street Into Its “Premises,” Injury Claim Barred by Going and Coming Rule
In a decision designated as unpublished, the Appeals Court of Massachusetts held that an M.I.T. employee, who sustained injuries in an accident as he drove his motor scooter home from work, did not sustain an injury arising out of and in the course of...
Deborah Kohl
over 6 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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How to Help Injured Workers Reduce Opioid Dependency
Massachusetts implements new opioid diversion track By Deborah G. Kohl, Esq. The significance of opioid dependency is clear to all participants in the field of workers’ compensation. The real issue facing the parties is how to deal with this...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (10/14/2013)
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NATIONAL AND STATE NEWS: WCRI 16-State Benchmark Study Measures Costs...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (7/8/2013)
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. STATE NEWS: CA: OAL Grants DWC Request for Readoption of Some Emergency...
Larson's Spotlight
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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Massachusetts: Between Insurers, Payment of Benefits Is No Waiver of Right to Contest Coverage
A Massachusetts appellate court held that an insurer's assumption of payment does not purport to constitute a waiver of its right to contest coverage with respect to another insurer. Accordingly, where the first insurer initially evaluated the matter...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (7/29/2013)
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NATIONAL AND STATE NEWS: Cases on Retaliation for Reporting Workplace...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (9/30/2013)
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NATIONAL AND STATE NEWS: US DOL Posts Final Rule re Byrd Amendments...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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Congress Passes Legislation for TRIA Extension . US Postal Data Breach May Compromise Health Data for Nearly 500,000 Workers . Mark Walls at Safety National Discusses 2015 WC Issues to Watch . CMS Posts 1/5/2015 Version of WCMSA Reference Guide...
Larson's Spotlight
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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Massachusetts: Estate May Not Maintain Wrongful Death Against Directors of Nonprofit Employer
The estate of a residential treatment counselor at a mental health clinic may not maintain a wrongful death action against two directors of the mental health association that employed the decedent, held the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. The...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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New! LexisNexis Practice Guide Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation
A true how-to book with time-saving tips and loaded with checklists, examples and forms LexisNexis Practice Guide Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation is designed to assist the new practitioner, the sometime practitioner and the experienced practitioner...
Larson's Spotlight
over 6 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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Massachusetts: Employer’s Subrogation Rights Do Not Extend to Worker’s Pain and Suffering Recovery
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that while an employer is entitled to a lien on an employee’s recovery from a third party for work-related injuries under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, § 15, the lien does not attach to damages paid...
Larson's Spotlight
over 6 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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Massachusetts: Judge Has Broad Discretion in Weighing Causation Evidence
The Massachusetts Industrial Accident Reviewing Board erred when it reversed an administrative judge’s decision that awarded benefits for a claimant’s left shoulder injury. The Board found that the judge had mischaracterized the findings of...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (9/15/2014)
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. Improving WC Market Drives NCCI Recommendations for Rate Cuts in 15 States...
Larson's Spotlight
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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Massachusetts: Insurer’s Lien Does Not Reach Injured Worker’s Damages for Pain and Suffering in Third-Party Action
Relying upon an earlier decision [(Curry v. Great Am. Ins. Co., 80 Mass. App. Ct. 592 (2011)], a Massachusetts appellate court held that the workers’ compensation insurer’s lien under G. L. c. 152, § 15, does not reach the damages for...
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