Workers' Compensation News
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Appeals Court Affirms Worker's Award for 'Unexplained' Injury | 08/08/2023 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Colorado appellate court upheld the award of benefits to a supermarket worker for an on-the-job injury where the cause of the injury was unknown, but not due to a preexisting condition or other personal risk. ...Read More | |||
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AMA Webinar for Providers Will Cover Navigating Disability Benefits | 08/03/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The American Medical Association is hosting a webinar intended to introduce frontline health care professionals to concepts to help navigate and negotiate disability systems. ...Read More | |||
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Additional Fact-Finding Needed to Determine Reimbursement for State Trooper | 08/01/2023 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that a trial judge will have to make additional findings as to whether and when an injured state trooper's insurance was reinstated after he returned to his job. ...Read More | |||
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Amerisafe Names Ray Wise Executive Vice President, Chief Sales Officer | 07/20/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Specialty work comp provider Amerisafe announced that Ray Wise is joining the company as executive vice president and chief sales officer. ...Read More | |||
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AM Best: Comp Line Driving Profits for Property/Casualty Sector | 07/19/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Rating agency AM Best in a new report characterized the workers’ compensation line as a profit engine for the property and casualty sector in 2022. ...Read More | |||
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Average Monthly Wage Increasing 5% | 07/17/2023 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Arizona’s average monthly wage will increase 5% for injuries occurring on or after Jan. 1, 2024. The Industrial Commission of Arizona announc...Read More | |||
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Appropriations Committee Passes Death Benefit Bill, Holds PTSD Expansion Measure | 07/12/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate Appropriations Committee passed a bill that would add state firefighters to the list of public employees who are exempt from certain limits on death benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Alternative Payment Study Report on Agenda for July 14 CHSWC Meeting | 07/06/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s joint labor-management panel is scheduled to discuss during an in-person meeting July 14 a report on alternative payment models for medical providers treating injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Orders Partial Publication of Retaliation, Emotional Distress Decision | 07/05/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court last week ordered partial publication of its determination that an elected city official’s claims for retaliation and intentional infliction of emotional distress should have been subjected to the defendants’ special motion to strike. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Orders Review of City's Entitlement to Reduce Judgment | 07/05/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a trial court needed to revisit its determination that a city was not entitled to reduce a judgment against it to account for the workers’ compensation benefits a plaintiff had received. ...Read More | |||
