Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court to Address Posthumous Specific Loss Benefits | 01/18/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will address whether specific loss benefits should be limited posthumously to workers who die because of a cause unrelated to the work injury. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Dismissal Upheld in Worker's Gross Negligence Claim Against Colleagues | 01/12/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s claims against three co-workers, finding he failed to establish that his injuries were due to their gross negligence. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says DCBS Director May Address Billing Dispute for Services Unrelated to Comp Claim | 01/09/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that the director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services has the authority to address a medical billing dispute over services that were not causally related to an injured worker’s accepted claim. ...Read More | |||
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SCOTUS Won't Review Decision Finding LHWCA Doesn't Preclude Asbestos Claim | 01/09/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a petition to review a decision finding that the federal Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act didn’t preempt a state-law damages claim for asbestos exposure against a maritime employer. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Commissioner Didn't Abuse Discretion in Excluding Expert Reports | 01/09/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the workers' compensation commissioner did not commit an abuse of discretion in excluding an injured worker's expert reports from evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Settlement Doesn't Bar Comp Claim, but Statute of Limitations Does | 01/03/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a worker’s settlement with the Second Injury Fund did not bar him from pursuing a claim for injuries against an insurance carrier for his family farm, but the statute of limitations did. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says PTD Certification Not Required for Odd-Lot Workers | 12/21/2023 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled that a physician's certification is not required for a worker to receive permanent total disability benefits through the odd-lot doctrine. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Reinstates Worker's Tort Claim for Skid Loader Accident | 12/18/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Pennsylvania Superior Court reinstated a worker’s tort suit for his injuries from a skid loader accident, with a majority finding triable issues as to whether the owner of the loader was the worker’s employer or co-employee. ...Read More | |||
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State WCD Schedules Advisory Committee Meeting | 12/14/2023 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division has scheduled an advisory committee meeting regarding OAR 436-120, Vocational Assistance to Injured Workers. ...Read More | |||
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Self-Insured Reporting Threshold Decreasing to $9,500 | 12/13/2023 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The threshold for self-insured employers to report claim loss data to the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division will decrease to $9,500 next year. ...Read More | |||
