Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Subcontractor Immunity | 12/24/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court last week upheld the constitutionality of a state law that provides immunity from tort claims to subcontractors in workers’ compensation self-insurance plans. ...Read More | |||
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Summit Promotes Chris Lee to VP of IT | 12/24/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Summit, a provider of workers’ compensation insurance services in the southeastern U.S., has named Christopher “Chris” Lee divisional vice president of information technology, effective Jan. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds VSSR Award on Employer's Failure to Install Fall Protection | 12/24/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to an enhanced award of benefits for his employer’s failure to comply with a specific safety requirement for construction work on pitched roofs. ...Read More | |||
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Scott Willhite Appointed to Workers' Compensation Commission | 12/24/2018 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Asa Hutchinson is appointing Scott Willhite, of Jonesboro, to the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission. ...Read More | |||
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Shell Company Used to Pay Laborers, Avoid Comp Premiums | 12/24/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Honduran man authorities said provided illegal immigrant laborers in the Jacksonville area and vastly underreported payroll to skimp on workers' compensation premiums was sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for tax and wire fraud. ...Read More | |||
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Scholarships Centerpiece of Next Step Return-to-Work Plan | 12/26/2018 | |
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| By: Eddie Curran (correspondent) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Return-to-work programs for injured employees come in many forms and have been around for years, but the Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation may have come up with a new wrinkle: publicly funded scholarships for permanently impaired workers. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Approves Acupuncture Bill | 12/21/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Acupuncture will soon be covered by workers' compensation insurance in New York state if Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs Senate Bill ...Read More | |||
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Senator Who Represents Claimants Takes Aim at Commission Chairman | 12/20/2018 | |
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| By: Eddie Curran (correspondent) | |||
| State: SC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| South Carolina state Sen. Gerald Malloy, a Hartsville Democrat who practices workers’ compensation law, last week submitted three comp-related bills to be considered in the upcoming legislative session. ...Read More | |||
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Study Finds AMA 6th Edition Leads to 'Systematically Lower' Ratings | 12/19/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A study published last week in a medical journal shows that the much-criticized sixth edition of the American Medical Association’s impairment rating guides produces “systematically lower” ratings than the previous edition. ...Read More | |||
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Special Fund for Reopened Cases Can't Avoid Liability for Worker's Claim | 12/19/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Special Fund for Reopened Cases could not avoid liability for a worker’s claim of additional lost time after he underwent surgery for the injury underlying the claim. ...Read More | |||
