Workers' Compensation News
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Widow's Tort Suit Against Employer Dismissed; Suit Against Parent Corporation Revived | 12/11/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a widow could not pursue a tort claim against her husband's employer, but it revived her claim against the employer’s corporate parent and ruled that future cross-claims against the employer could be filed. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Gait Derangement Warrants 20% Partial Impairment Rating | 12/11/2023 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was entitled to a 20% whole-person permanent partial impairment rating due to his gait derangement. ...Read More | |||
| WCIRB Governing Committee Meets Wednesday | 12/08/2023 | ||
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| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California Governing Committee is meeting at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. The committee’s December meeting is typically short, and this year is no exception. The only new business for committee members to discuss are potenti...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Retrial on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Scaffold | 12/06/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ordered a retrial on a worker’s Labor Law claim for his alleged fall from a scaffold. Case:...Read More | |||
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WCD Updates Change-of-Physician Form | 12/05/2023 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division updated forms used by injured workers to request a change in attending physician or authorized nurse practitioner. ...Read More | |||
| Worker Didn't Prove Thumb Surgiers Were Related to Work-Injury Covered by Settlement | 12/04/2023 | ||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker did not prove her thumb surgeries were causally related to her work injury, as defined in a settlement agreement with her employer, and that she was barred from amending the description of her work injury in the agreement. ...Read More | |||
| WCIRB Actuarial Committee Meeting Dec. 5 | 12/01/2023 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California Actuarial Committee is meeting virtually at 9:30 a.m. on Dec. 5. Committee members will review experience of large deductible plans, the pandemic impact on classification relativities and a study of paid and incurred lo...Read More | |||
| Worker's Widow Benefits from Presumption that Death Arose from Employment | 12/01/2023 | ||
| State: ID | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Idaho Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits to a Walmart employee’s widow based on the statutory presumption that the employee's death arose in the course of his employment. ...Read More | |||
| Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall from Ladder | 11/30/2023 | ||
| 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 based on his fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
| WCRI: Little Interstate Variation in Time to First Medical Service | 11/30/2023 | ||
| Source: Steve Nichols (News Contributor) | |||
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| The Workers Compensation Research Institute has published a flash report which examines the time from injury to first medical services among workers’ compensation patients across states and over time. WCRI said this measure is an important aspect of access to medical care for injured employ...Read More | |||
