Workers' Compensation News
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CHSWC to Vote on Posting Annual Reports at May 15 Meeting | 05/07/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation will vote on posting draft annual reports when it meets May 15. Commiss...Read More | |||
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Task Force Recommends Increasing Attorney Fee, Discovery Advance | 05/07/2024 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A task force created by New Mexico lawmakers to analyze workers’ compensation attorney fees recommended upping the cap by 33% and increasing the current employer-paid discovery advance by 16%. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Negligence Suit Against Nonsubscribing Employer for Amputation | 05/07/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court revived a civil suit against a nonsubscribing employer for the amputation of a worker’s leg after he stepped on a nail at the employer’s job site. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rules COVID-19 Can Be Occupational Disease | 05/07/2024 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a case of first impression, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that COVID-19 can be an occupational disease under the Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Pilot's Claims for Additional Benefits | 05/07/2024 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court upheld the denial of a pilot’s claim for additional benefits for conditions he blamed on his injuries from a 1985 plane crash. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Has Jurisdiction Over Workers' Claims for Burn Injuries | 05/07/2024 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that South Carolina’s workers’ compensation statutes did not deprive a trial judge of subject matter jurisdiction over a civil suit by three workers who were badly burned in a plastics plant fire. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Passes E-Signature Bill | 05/06/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly unanimously passed a bill that would treat electronic signatures the same as traditional wet signatures for Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board proceedings. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Loss-of-Use Award to Worker With Incomplete Paraplegia | 05/06/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker with incomplete paraplegia was not entitled to a loss-of-use award for his legs because he retained at least some ability to walk. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill to Set Reimbursement for Emergency Services at 250% of Medicare | 05/06/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that requires workers’ compensation payments for emergency services that aren’t subject to a maximum reimbursement allowance be set at 250% of what Medicare pays for the same service. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Overturns Award as Lacking Adequate Explanation for Rejecting Opinion | 05/06/2024 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The District of Columbia Court of Appeals partially overturned an award of benefits that was based on the opinion of an independent medical examiner, ruling that there was no adequate explanation for why the treating physician’s ratings were rejected. ...Read More | |||
