Workers' Compensation News
Insurance Bureau Cuts Loss Costs by 19% | 03/27/2024 | ||
State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
The Maine Bureau of Insurance approved a 19% average loss cost decrease for policies incepting on or after April 1. “If all insurers...Read More | |||
Amended Bill Would Tap Revolving Fund to Pay for Heat Injury Presumption | 03/26/2024 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A one-time transfer of $5 million from the Workers’ Compensation Administration Revolving Fund would be used to establish an account to cover administrative costs associated with a proposed heat injury presumption for California farmworkers, under a recently amended bill. ...Read More | |||
DA: Former City Worker Stole More Than $627,000 With Phony Comp Audits | 03/26/2024 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A former human resources worker in San Francisco allegedly stole more than $627,000 from the city’s self-insured workers’ compensation fund by using a fake business in Illinois to charge for auditing services that were never provided, the District Attorney’s Office announced....Read More | |||
CDI Hearing on Regulatory Filing Set for April 25 | 03/26/2024 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The California Department of Insurance will hold a public hearing on the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s annual regulatory filing April 25. ...Read More | |||
Split Supreme Court Endorses 'Directly Related' Test for Compensability of Treatment | 03/26/2024 | ||
State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The North Carolina Supreme Court expressly adopted a long-standing Court of Appeals precedent using the "directly related" test to determine whether the causal connection required for treatment to be compensable has been satisfied. ...Read More | |||
Bill Would Prohibit Raising Causation as Defense for First Time in Treatment Dispute Appeal | 03/26/2024 | ||
State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
Louisiana employers would not be allowed to challenge causation or compensability for the first time during the appeal of a treatment dispute determination, under a bill introduced Monday. ...Read More | |||
Supreme Court Denies Additional Impairment for Coal Miner With Crush Injury | 03/26/2024 | ||
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a coal miner was not entitled to additional disability for a crush injury to his left leg and foot. ...Read More | |||
Court Partially Revives Labor Law Claim for Worker's Grinder Accident | 03/26/2024 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law claim for his injuries from a malfunctioning grinder. Case: ...Read More | |||
Governor Signs Advisory Committee Bill | 03/26/2024 | ||
State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers enacted a bill from the state’s Workers’ Compensation Advisory Committee that includes an immediate 1.9% benefit increase. ...Read More | |||
Supreme Court Tosses Injured Worker's Wrongful Termination Claim Against Public Employer | 03/26/2024 | ||
State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
The Nebraska Supreme Court threw out an injured worker’s wrongful termination claim against her public employer, finding the decision to fire her involved an element of judgment of the type that the Legislature intended to shield from tort action. ...Read More | |||