Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Can't End Benefits Based on Return-to-Work Clearance | 07/31/2023 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that an employer improperly terminated an employee’s benefits based on the opinion of a referred specialist clearing him to return to work without any similar recommendation from the treating physician. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Reinstatement of Injured Worker's Total Disability Status | 07/31/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an administrative decision to reinstate an injured worker’s total disability status. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Loses Challenge to TTD Award | 07/31/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| An Ohio appellate court denied an employer’s request for relief from a temporary total disability award to an employee to whom it had offered light-duty work. ...Read More | |||
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DOL Seeks Nominations for National Advisory Committee Membership | 07/31/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor announced that it is accepting applications to fill vacancies on the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Prohibiting No-Rehire Settlement Condition | 07/31/2023 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill prohibiting employers from offering to engage in settlement negotiations only if the injured worker agrees to find work elsewhere. ...Read More | |||
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Fired Medical Marijuana User Establishes Good-Faith Effort to Find Work | 07/28/2023 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a medical marijuana user who was fired after testing positive for THC had engaged in a good-faith effort to find new employment and was entitled to temporary disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Reverses Itself for Depriving Worker of Remedy | 07/28/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Texas appellate court vacated its prior decision upholding the dismissal of an injured worker’s lawsuit against the attorney who had previously defended him in a tort action, finding it had “misapplied the collateral estoppel doctrine” and deprived the worker &ldq...Read More | |||
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Defendants Get Summary Dismissal of Demolition Worker's Claims | 07/28/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to the defendants in a worker’s Labor Law claim based on his alleged injuries from a falling section of ductwork. ...Read More | |||
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Court Maintains Constitutionality of Act 111, Impairment Rating Evaluation Process | 07/28/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court upheld the constitutionality of the state’s revised standards for impairment rating evaluations and the modification of a worker’s status from totally disabled to partially disabled. ...Read More | |||
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III: National Work Comp Combined Ratio Was 87.4% in 2022 | 07/28/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| U.S. workers’ compensation carriers had the lowest combined ratio among major product lines in 2022, according to the Insurance Information Institute. ...Read More | |||
