Workers' Compensation News
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WCAB Proposes $40k in Sanctions, Alleges Pattern of Misusing Recon to Delay Trials | 04/11/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board on Wednesday issued an en banc order announcing its intent to sanction an attorney and a hearing representative a combined $40,000 for allegedly engaging in a pattern of seeking reconsideration of non-final orders to delay trials. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Presumption That Recent Symptoms Relate to Old Back Injury | 04/11/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker was entitled to a presumption that some of his symptoms were related to an old back injury and that his employer failed to rebut it. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Actuarial Committee Meets Thursday | 04/09/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Actuarial Committee is holding a virtual meeting Thursday. Committee members will discus...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Writ for Reconsideration of Job Offer Adequacy | 04/09/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to a limited writ of mandamus compelling the Industrial Commission to reconsider whether an employer offered an appropriate modified position to him. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Suit Against Employer for Exposing Him to Dog Attack Tossed as Untimely | 04/08/2024 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a utility company worker's civil suit against his employer, finding he waited too long to assert that he was deliberately given an assignment “below his pay grade” that exposed him to a dog attack. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Fire Extinguisher Entitled to Summary Judgment | 04/08/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for injuries from being struck by a falling fire extinguisher. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can Collect Medical Benefits Based on Invoice Amount, Not Sum Paid by Medicaid | 04/05/2024 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Idaho Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to an award of medical benefits based on the full invoice amount of her treatments, even though the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services had covered the cost and paid the providers a lesser amount. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Webinar to Cover Effect of Vertical Integration on Prices, Utilization, Outcomes | 04/05/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute is hosting an hour-long webinar May 2 that will cover the impact of vertical integration on prices, medical utilization and outcomes. ...Read More | |||
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Work Comp Bills Head to Governor's Desk | 04/03/2024 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Maryland lawmakers on Tuesday passed bills that would modify how hearing loss is calculated for workers’ compensation benefits, expand the list of cancers that are presumed compensable for certain public safety workers and increase the penalty for failing to secure work comp coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Denied TTD After Surgery Gets Writ Relief | 04/03/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to a writ of mandamus overturning a denial of his request for temporary total disability benefits while he recovered from surgery necessitated by his compensable injuries. ...Read More | |||
