Workers' Compensation News
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Scope of Warehouse Employee's Compensable Injury Didn't Include Nerve Damage | 11/09/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court rejected a warehouse worker’s request to expand the scope of his claim to include alleged nerve damage from a foot injury. ...Read More | |||
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Segarra Takes Office as Newest WC Commissioner | 11/08/2018 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Connecticut's newest workers' compensation commissioner took office this week. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of Judicial Review for Disability Retirement Benefit Decisions | 11/07/2018 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court last week ruled that an administrative agency does not need to defer to the credibility determinations of its hearing officer, but the Court of Appeals cannot reweigh the evidence presented to an agency charged with determining a public employee’s entitlement to d...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Additional Conditions | 11/07/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of benefits to an electrician for claimed neck and back conditions stemming from a lifting injury. ...Read More | |||
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Symptoms Can't Be Compensable Conditions, but Worker Gets Award for Injuries | 11/06/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a grocery store employee's symptoms of pain could not be identified as compensable conditions, but it otherwise affirmed an award for her injuries from a fall. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Overturns Denial of Home-Care Worker's Claim for Unexplained Fall | 11/06/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Hampshire Supreme Court overturned the denial of a home-care worker’s claim based on her injures from an unexplained fall on the steps of a client’s garage. ...Read More | |||
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Suspended Provider Faces Charges in Separate Kickback Case | 11/02/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A provider who was suspended from California’s workers’ compensation system more than a year ago after pleading guilty to a federal conspiracy charge is facing new fraud charges in Orange County. ...Read More | |||
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Second Injury Assessment to Increase as Prosthetic Costs Climb | 11/02/2018 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Indiana Workers’ Compensation Board will have to increase the Second Injury Fund assessment paid by insurers and employers next year after spending more on benefits and prosthetic replacements than it took in, according to ...Read More | |||
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State Improves Speed of First Indemnity Payments, Study Shows | 10/31/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Criticized by stakeholders for a number of reasons in recent years, the New York Workers’ Compensation Board this week has something to brag about, according to a new report from the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Stivers, Two Others Submitted for WC Board | 10/31/2018 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Workers' Compensation Nominating Committee has offered three names, including the incumbent, for the governor to consider for the Workers' Compensation Board, the state Labor Cabinet said Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
