Workers' Compensation News
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Assembly Passes Social Worker MPN, Pest Control Coverage Bills | 08/15/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly unanimously passed bills that would require that injured workers have access to the services of licensed clinical social workers and mandate that pest control contractors show proof of comp coverage to maintain their registration. ...Read More | |||
| AM Best Ups Ratings for Synergy Comp Insurance Co. | 08/09/2022 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| AM Best updated its financial strength and long-term issuer credit ratings for Synergy Comp Insurance Co. The rating organization upgraded Synergy’s financial strength rating to “A (excellent)” from “A minus (excellent). At the same time, the carrier’...Read More | |||
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Additional Findings Needed on Extent of Disability | 08/04/2022 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an employer had not made an offer of suitable employment to an injured worker, but additional findings were necessary as to whether she was totally disabled. ...Read More | |||
| AG Confirms Referral of Fraud Case Tied to Pritzker | 08/01/2022 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Attorney General’s Office confirmed that it referred to prosecutors a possible workers’ compensation fraud case involving a former campaign worker for Gov. J.B. Pritzker, according to a report by the nonprofit ...Read More | |||
| Alleged Employer of Worker Killed by Heat Injury Gets Abatement of Family's Tort Suit | 08/01/2022 | ||
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that the alleged employer of a fatally injured worker was entitled to a writ of mandamus placing tort litigation between itself and the worker’s family on hold until the Division of Workers’ Compensation can determine if the worker was its employee. ...Read More | |||
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Applied Underwriters Launches Entertainment & Sports Division | 07/28/2022 | |
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| Applied Underwriters announced the formation of Applied Entertainment & Sports, a new division of the company headquartered in Los Angeles with a New York satellite office. ...Read More | |||
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Auto Repair Shop Owner Pleads Guilty to Operating Without Comp | 07/26/2022 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that the owner of an auto repair shop in Kennewick pleaded guilty to failing to provide workers’ compensation coverage for his employees for the second time. ...Read More | |||
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Alleged Tortfeasor Can't Maintain Indemnity Claim Against Injured Worker's Employer | 07/26/2022 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court ruled that an alleged tortfeasor could not maintain a claim for indemnity from the injured plaintiff’s employer. ...Read More | |||
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Auto Policy's Provision Allowing UIM Benefits Offset Not Enforceable | 07/25/2022 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Indiana Court of Appeals invalidated an auto insurance policy’s language allowing for a reduction in payment of benefits to an injured motorist to account for his recoveries from the workers’ compensation system and an underinsured motorist. ...Read More | |||
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Arbitrator Must Decide Whether Employer Waited Too Long to Demand Arbitration | 07/22/2022 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that an arbitrator had to decide whether a statute of limitations deadline in an arbitration agreement barred a nonsubscribing employer from compelling arbitration of a worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
