Workers' Compensation News
|
Presumptions Proposed for San Diego Boat Safety Officers | 02/15/2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers appear poised to deliberate whether to extend to full-time members of the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department’s boating safety unit the same presumptions afforded to firefighters and law enforcement. ...Read More | |||
| Property Owners Get Summary Judgment Dismissing Labor Law Claims Against Them | 02/13/2023 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law action should have been granted summary judgment dismissing the claims against them. ...Read More | |||
|
Proposal to Redefine Permanent Total Disability Back Before Lawmakers | 01/18/2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| New York lawmakers could once again consider legislation that would amend the definition of permanent total disability. ...Read More | |||
|
P&T Committee Meets Jan. 18 | 01/10/2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation’s Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee is meeting virtually from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Jan. 18. ...Read More | |||
|
Panel Again Seeks Legislative Exemption for Reimbursement Rates | 01/06/2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida’s Three-Member Panel on Thursday voted to again ask that state lawmakers eliminate a requirement for the Legislature to ratify medical fee schedule changes. ...Read More | |||
|
Production Supervisor Gets Award of Permanent Total Disability Benefits for Head Injury | 12/19/2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits to a worker following a head injury. Case: MedP...Read More | |||
|
Proposal to Privatize MEM Resurfaces | 12/06/2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Missouri lawmakers appear slated to once again deliberate mandating the transformation of a state-chartered workers’ compensation carrier into a private mutual insurance company when they convene in 2023. ...Read More | |||
|
Privette Doctrine Doesn't Shield Property Owner From Potential Liability to Injured Worker | 11/14/2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that the Privette doctrine did not shield a property owner from potential liability to a worker injured on its premises. ...Read More | |||
|
Panel: Automation a Key Driver in Workers' Compensation Trends | 11/14/2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| By: Joseph Toppe (Senior Business Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The rising use of automation in workplace environments is not only impacting safety standards and the frequency of injury claims, it’s changing the way they are approached and documented. ...Read More | |||
|
Paradigm Announces Clinical Solutions Leadership Promotions | 11/11/2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| California-based specialty care management firm Paradigm announced the promotions of Elizabeth Ulloa Lowry and Shannon Ford in the company’s Clinical Solutions group. ...Read More | |||
