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Workers’ Compensation Occupational Exposure Workers' Compensation Claim

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Right to Subrogation for Medical Bill Payments Not Waived by Failing to Properly Preserve Issue at All Stages of Litigation,...

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City of Philadelphia v. Wayne Deloatch and Independence Blue Cross (WCAB); Independence Blue Cross v. City of Philadelphia and Wayne Deloatch (WCAB); No. 541 C.D. 2022 and No. 589 C.D. 2022; Filed Dec. 24, 2024 - Wayne...more

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How is Mesothelioma Diagnosed?: A Step-By-Step Guide

Workers whose jobs involved exposure to asbestos – including boilermakers, boiler workers, carpenters, factory workers, laborers, pipe coverers, and pipefitters – may be in danger of developing mesothelioma, asbestos lung...more

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Top 10 Developments in Delaware Workers’ Compensation in 2024

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1.    The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed an Industrial Accident Board decision that concluded that a COVID-19 workplace exposure at a poultry processing plant did not qualify as a compensable occupational disease. Fowler v....more

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Top 10 Developments in Florida Workers’ Compensation in 2024

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1. As the employer/carrier was not able to overcome presumption, a firefighter’s COVID-19, requiring heart transplant, was found to be work-related. Seminole County, Florida and Johns Eastern Company, Inc. v. Chad Braden,...more

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New York Workers’ Compensation Ruling Roundup – November 2024 #2

Big New York WC Decision drop today. This week we learn the answers to these questions: Can you catch COVID from working with dead bodies? Is burnout from working at home compensable?...more

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New York Workers’ Compensation Ruling Roundup - November 2024

From the 3rd Dept on Thursday 11/7/24, there were some relatively good decisions for the defense. Learn more in the blurbs below. In Herrera v. American Badge, a COVID claim was disallowed....more

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Commonwealth Court Affirms Denial of Claim Petition That Alleged Occupational Disease of Lead Toxicity

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Jerry Mercer v. Active Radiator MPN, Inc. (WCAB); No. 1326 C.D. 2023; filed June 3, 2024; Judge Fizzano Cannon - On August 24, 2018, the claimant advised the employer that he had sustained a work-related injury due to lead...more

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