Workers' Compensation News
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State Lowers Mileage, Posts New Hospital Fee Schedules | 01/03/2020 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court has released 2020 fee schedules for hospital services, and it dropped the mileage reimbursement rate for workers' medical visits. ...Read More | |||
| Supreme Court Says Injured Inmate's Compensation Must Be Based on Actual Wages | 12/31/2019 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Supreme Court ruled that the amount of compensation a prisoner may receive for an industrial injury must be based on the average monthly wage the prisoner actually received as of the date of his injury. Case: White v. State of Nevada Division of Forestry, No. 7...Read More | |||
| Statutory Employer Doctrine Barred Worker's Tort Suit for Injuries as Plastics Plant | 12/31/2019 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an injured worker could not proceed with a tort suit against the owner of a plastics plant since it was the statutory employer of his statutory employer. Case: Spears v. Exxon Mobil Corp., No. 2019 CA 0309, 12/17/2019, published....Read More | |||
| Split Court Says County Agency Not Liable for Benefits to Contractor's Injured Employee | 12/30/2019 | ||
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| A divided Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that a sheriff’s department was not liable for the payment of workers’ compensation benefits to an employee of the entity that had been hired to provide medical care to the inmates at a detention center. Case: Rolli...Read More | |||
| Statute of Limitations for Comp Claims Doesn't Apply to Joinder Petitions | 12/27/2019 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a case of first impression, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a joinder petition does not need to be filed within the three-year statute of limitations for a workers’ compensation claim. Case: Sota Construction Services Inc. v. WCAB (Czarnecki, Za...Read More | |||
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Speculative Benefit of Successful Appeal Doesn't Warrant Attorney Fees | 12/26/2019 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An injured worker is not entitled to attorney fees for a successful appeal of an administrative decision that added an allowed condition, because whether she will receive any “additional relief” is purely speculative, the Washington state Court of Appeals ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Safety Violations Could Trigger Exclusive Remedy Exception in Wrongful Death Case | 12/24/2019 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Exclusively remedy doesn’t apply when an employer "consciously disregarded information suggesting a significant risk" in the workplace, a divided Idaho Supreme Court said last week when reviving a wrongful death claim it dismissed one year earlier. ...Read More | |||
| Study Highlights Talent Shortage and Need for Advocacy Based Training | 12/23/2019 | ||
| By: Tonika Reed (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In Rising Medical Solutions’ seventh annual Workers’ Compensation Benchmarking Study researchers exploring claims operational issues from the perspective of claims processors uncovered matters regarding the ongoing threat of a talent shortage. ...Read More | |||
| Statements in Worker's Exit Interview Form Can't Establish Her Termination for Misconduct | 12/23/2019 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida’s 1st District Court of Appeal ruled that a judge of compensation claims should not have admitted the exit interview paperwork for an injured employee to establish she had been fired for misconduct. Case: Hauser v. Goodwill Industries of SW Florida Inc., No....Read More | |||
| State Approves 10.7% Loss Cost Decrease for 2020 | 12/23/2019 | ||
| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Corporation Commission has approved an overall loss cost decrease of 10.7% for the voluntary market and an 8.4% decrease for the assigned-risk market, effective April 1. The National Council on Compensation Insurance recommended the reductions in July, and a public hearing wa...Read More | |||
