Workers' Compensation News
| Employer's 11-Month Delay in Giving Carrier Notice of Claim Not Unreasonable As Matter of Law | 09/14/2022 | ||
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| An Illinois appellate court ruled that an employer’s 11-month delay in giving notice of an injury to its insurance carrier was not unreasonable as a matter of law under the facts and circumstances of a particular worker’s case. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Get Reimbursement From Worker's Recoveries Under Auto Insurance Policies | 09/07/2022 | |
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| The Alabama Supreme Court rejected an employer’s claim for reimbursement of the benefits it had paid to an injured employee from his recovery under two uninsured motorist policies. ...Read More | |||
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Engineering Service Not Liable for Worker's Death | 09/06/2022 | |
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| A Texas appellate court ruled that an engineering service provider should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a lawsuit over a worker who died while attempting to rescue a colleague who had fallen into a sewer pipe. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Compel Injured Worker to Answer Inquiries Into Immigration Status | 08/31/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that an employer was not entitled to compel an injured worker to provide discovery responses to inquiries into his immigration status. ...Read More | |||
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Employers to Assume Responsibility for Provider Witness Fees in October | 08/31/2022 | |
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| Self-insured employers, insurance carriers and the state’s second injury fund will be required to reimburse witnesses testifying at their request starting Oct. 1, the Industrial Commission of Arizona announced Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Employer, Carrier Can Enforce Settlement, Collect From Attorney's Trust Account | 08/30/2022 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an employer and its insurance carrier should have been allowed to enforce a settlement agreement and collect reimbursement from an attorney’s trust account for an injured employee. ...Read More | |||
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Error From Work Comp Campus Update Rejects Transactions | 08/10/2022 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry said an update to its electronic claims management system resulted in two errors that are rejecting transactions. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Be Compelled to Pay for New Home, Renovations That Were Never Done | 08/03/2022 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Act does not authorize an order for an employer to pay an injured worker for home modifications that were never done or to contribute to the purchase of a new home. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Lacks Standing to Intervene in Heirship Proceeding | 07/26/2022 | |
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| A Texas appellate court ruled that an employer lacked standing to intervene in a probate proceeding in which a worker’s common-law wife sought recognition of her status as his heir. ...Read More | |||
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Emergency Med-Legal Telehealth Rule Takes Effect | 07/22/2022 | |
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| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that its emergency rule allowing medical-legal evaluations via telehealth was extended through Oct. 18. ...Read More | |||
