Workers' Compensation News
| Lawmakers Double Down on Vaccine Injury Legislation | 02/14/2022 | ||
| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Idaho lawmakers introduced a second piece of legislation that aims to make vaccine injuries following an employer-mandated vaccination compensable in workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
| Lawmakers Consider Second PTSD Comp Bill | 02/11/2022 | ||
| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A second proposal set before Georgia lawmakers would make post-traumatic stress disorder compensable for first responders. ...Read More | |||
| Lawmakers Propose Increasing Minimum Benefit | 02/10/2022 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Lawmakers in New York are considering a bill that would more than double the minimum workers’ compensation benefit payment. ...Read More | |||
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Lineman Can Get PTD Award While Request for Additional Allowances Remains Pending | 02/08/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits issued to an injured lineman while his request for the allowance of additional conditions was still pending. ...Read More | |||
| Lawmakers Aim to Create COVID Presumption Fund | 02/08/2022 | ||
| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Lawmakers in Minnesota want to create a workers’ compensation COVID-19 presumption reimbursement fund in the state treasury to reimburse employees in job classifications not entitled to the state’s presumption for workers exposed to COVID on the job. ...Read More | |||
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L&I: Double-Dipping Couple to Repay Nearly $140,000 | 02/07/2022 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The better half of a married couple ordered to pay nearly $140,000 in restitution for double-dipping was caught, in part, because she was attempting to straighten out overdue premiums with the same agency she was telling she was too injured to work, the Washington State Department of Labor and In...Read More | |||
| Lawmakers to Again Consider Cannabis-Related Accident Bill | 02/01/2022 | ||
| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Maryland lawmakers are again proposing a bill that would remove eligibility for workers' compensation for injuries or illnesses solely caused by the effects of improper usage of medical marijuana. ...Read More | |||
| Lawmakers Send Medical Cannabis Bill to Governor | 01/28/2022 | ||
| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Mississippi lawmakers passed a bill that would permit the use of medical marijuana by patients with debilitating medical conditions. ...Read More | |||
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Loss Costs to Decrease 4.9% in April | 01/27/2022 | |
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| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Vermont Gov. Phil Scott and Department of Financial Regulation Commissioner Michael Pieciak on Wednesday announced that workers’ compensation loss costs will decrease 4.9%, effective April 1. ...Read More | |||
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Liability Carrier Gets Summary Judgment Dismissing Claims | 01/14/2022 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a liability insurance carrier was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claims against its insured for injuries from a truck accident. ...Read More | |||
