Workers' Compensation News
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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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DWC Proposes Updating Life Expectancy Table | 04/09/2024 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation is proposing to update its life expectancy table. The division proposed rules that wou...Read More | |||
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Defendant Not Served Notice of Claim Gets Summary Dismissal of Suit | 04/09/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to a Labor Law defendant, finding it had not been timely served with the worker’s notice of claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Sends Case Back to Board to Again Consider Merits of Claim | 04/09/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court sent a case back to the Workers’ Compensation Board for the second time, directing it to address the merits of the case as it had been instructed to do on the previous remittal. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Seeks Comments on Rules | 04/09/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is reviewing claim procedures for injured workers, employers and carriers. The division ...Read More | |||
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Retail Worker With History of Back Issues Fails to Prove Compensable Injury | 04/09/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a Wal-Mart worker with a history of back problems had not established a compensable injury from stocking shelves. ...Read More | |||
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P&T Committee Meets April 17 | 04/08/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The committee that advises the California Division of Workers’ Compensation on updates to its prescription drug formulary is meeting April 17. ...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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Governor Signs Bill to Allow More Docs in System, Treat Unemployment as Wages | 04/08/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear enacted a bill that could have the mixed effect of lowering costs by allowing retired doctors to write medical reports and testify in work comp proceedings, and increasing costs by treating unemployment insurance as income when calculating benefits owed for workplace in...Read More | |||
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House Passes Underground Economy Task Force, Nurses Resolution | 04/08/2024 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Hawaii House of Representatives passed resolutions that would request that the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations clarify payment rules for advanced practice registered nurses and convene a task force to target the underground economy. ...Read More | |||
