Workers' Compensation News
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TDI Adopts Changes to Basic Manual for Workers' Compensation | 03/16/2023 | |
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| Source: Steve Nichols, Contributor | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance adopted NCCI Item B-1446-“Revisions to NCCI's Basic Manual, Residual Market Manual, and Forms Manual.” ...Read More | |||
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Temporary Worker's AWW Properly Calculated by Averaging Hours Worked, Varying Pay | 02/21/2023 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld the calculation of a temporary worker’s average weekly wages by averaging the number of hours worked and the varying rates of pay he received. ...Read More | |||
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Teacher's Credibility Issues Lead Divided Court to Overturn Award of Benefits, Penalties, Fees | 02/17/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that issues with a high school teacher’s credibility required that her award of benefits, penalties and attorney fees be overturned. ...Read More | |||
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Texas Mutual Names Jeanette Ward President, CEO | 02/07/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Jeanette Ward will begin serving as president and chief executive officer March 1. ...Read More | |||
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Trial Judge Errs in Excluding Testimony of Expert Witnesses | 01/17/2023 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a trial judge erred by barring a longtime railway worker from presenting the testimony of two expert witnesses in his Federal Employers' Liability Act case against his former employer. ...Read More | |||
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Treatment Authorization for Social Workers Reappears in Legislature | 01/12/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New York lawmakers will once again have the opportunity to debate whether social workers should be allowed to provide services to injured workers this year. ...Read More | |||
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Texas Mutual Names Meredith Duncan CEO of New Health Insurance Subsidiary | 01/06/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Texas Mutual Insurance Co. named Meredith Duncan as the president and chief executive officer of its new health-focused subsidiary. ...Read More | |||
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Three-Member Panel Meets Today | 01/05/2023 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that its Three-Member Panel will meet today from 4-5 p.m. Members of the panel...Read More | |||
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Total SIBTF Costs Up 61%, Closing in on $200 Million | 12/15/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Total costs for California’s Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund of $197.6 million for the fiscal year ending in June were 61% higher than the $123.3 million paid one year earlier, according to a draft of the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation 2022 annual re...Read More | |||
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Truck Driver Has Immunity From Civil Liability to Injured Co-Employee | 12/06/2022 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled that a truck driver was immune from civil liability to a co-employee he accidentally ran over at a job site. ...Read More | |||
