Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Lawmakers Bring Back Proposal to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants From Comp System | 01/13/2022 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New Jersey lawmakers once again have brought back a proposal to exclude undocumented immigrants from receiving workers’ compensation benefits for workplace injuries and illnesses. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Committee Passes Bill Allowing PTSD Claims for All Workers | 01/11/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The New York Senate Labor Committee on Monday voted 8-3 to pass a carryover bill that would allow all workers to file claims for post-traumatic stress disorder. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Resurrect Single-Payer Proposal | 01/10/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers resurrected a bill that would create a single-payer health care program for state residents that would defer to an advisory panel the question about how to handle occupational injuries. ...Read More | |||
| Lawmakers Consider COVID-19 Presumption | 01/05/2022 | ||
| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Lawmakers in Maryland are considering a workers’ compensation presumption for first responders, public safety employees and health care workers who have suffered a COVID-19 infection dating back to the beginning of the pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Cites Department of Corrections for Mask, Social Distancing Violations | 12/23/2021 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that it fined the state Department of Corrections $60,000 for failing to enforce COVID-19 social distancing and mask procedures for workers at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen. ...Read More | |||
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Legislature Passes Parking Lot Coverage Bill; Assembly OKs Contractor Status for Caddies | 12/22/2021 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Jersey Legislature approved a measure that would define when accidents that occur in employer-provided parking lots are compensable under the state’s workers’ compensation law. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Propose PTSD Coverage for Probation, Correctional Workers | 12/21/2021 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Probation and correctional workers in Florida would be entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder under a pair of bills introduced ahead of the 2022 legislative session. ...Read More | |||
| Lawmakers Aim to Tweak PTSD Presumption Bill | 12/16/2021 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Lawmakers in Florida are attempting to amend the state’s three-year-old post-traumatic stress disorder presumption in workers' compensation for first responders to clarify disease onset. ...Read More | |||
| Lawmakers Aim to Amend PTSD Presumption | 12/15/2021 | ||
| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Wisconsin lawmakers are considering legislation that would amend the state’s current workers’ compensation presumption for post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by first responders. ...Read More | |||
