Workers' Compensation News
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Selection Committee Accepting Comments on IMEs | 06/07/2023 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration announced that the committee that selects providers who can perform independent medical examinations will accept comments on applicants through June. ...Read More | |||
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Sonya Carrasco-Trujillo Appointed as Work Comp Judge | 06/05/2023 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed Sonya Carrasco-Trujillo to serve as a workers’ compensation judge for the Workers’ Compensation Administration. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Bill Allowing Mental Stress Claims for All Workers | 06/02/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York Senate on Thursday passed a bill, similar to a measure the governor vetoed in December, that would allow all workers to file claims for mental stress. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim of Additional Injuries | 06/01/2023 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Wyoming Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim of additional injuries from a workplace injury to her lower back. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Value of Care Study Measure | 05/31/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate last week passed a bill that would request a study on the viability of linking workers’ compensation reimbursement for medical services to the value of care provided to injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Bill Calling for Study of Gender Disparities | 05/26/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate passed a bill that would require the Division of Workers’ Compensation to study differences in benefits provided to injured workers based on gender. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes PTSD Presumption, UR Licensing Measures | 05/24/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate passed bills that would require that some utilization reviewers be licensed in the state and would extend a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable to additional public safety workers. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Comp Board Can't Decide Appropriate Scope of Chiropractic Treatment | 05/23/2023 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court unanimously upheld a determination that the state Workers' Compensation Board did not have jurisdiction to determine a chiropractor's scope of practice and that an employer had to pay for the treatment. ...Read More | |||
| Supreme Court Says Worker's Fiancee May Qualify for Death Benefits as 'Family Member' | 05/19/2023 | ||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a worker’s fiancée should have been given the opportunity to prove she was a “family member,” wholly dependent on the worker, who was therefore entitled to benefits after he was killed in a trench collapse. ...Read More | |||
| Self-Employed Worker Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 05/18/2023 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a self-employed worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim based on his fall from a ladder he had furnished himself. ...Read More | |||
