Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Mandate 10 Days of Paid Time Off for Workers With COVID Symptoms | 03/13/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker introduced legislation that would require employers to ensure that some workers who test positive for COVID-19 are excluded from the workplace for at least 10 days under the threat of civil fines for safety violations. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award to Nurse Injured in Patient Attack | 03/13/2024 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court upheld a determination that a nurse suffered a compensable neck injury that did not result in permanent impairment after being attacked by a patient. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Says Rules Would Prohibit Docs From Filing Complaints to Avoid Fee Dispute Deadline | 03/13/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation on Tuesday said it is accepting comments on a proposed rule that aims to prohibit health care providers from using the agency’s complaint process to bypass the medical fee dispute resolution filing deadline. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Firefighter Was Denied Due Process in Adjudication | 03/13/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania overturned the denial of a firefighter’s request for a disability pension, finding he had been denied due process in the administrative proceedings. ...Read More | |||
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Policy Exclusion Allows Carrier to Avoid Liability for Worker's Accident at Logging Site | 03/13/2024 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that an insurance carrier’s policy exclusion for injuries subject to the Workers’ Compensation Act allowed it to avoid liability for a logging employee’s accident. ...Read More | |||
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Premium Dispute With State Insurance Fund Goes to Board of Claims | 03/13/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a premium dispute between an employer and the State Workers’ Insurance Fund belongs before the Board of Claims. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Legacy Court, First Responder Bills | 03/13/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oklahoma Senate passed a bill that would establish a venue for legacy claims within the Court of Civil Appeals. The Senate on Monday als...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill Requiring Uninsured Employers' Fund to Pay Benefits in 15 Days | 03/13/2024 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The timeline for Maryland’s Uninsured Employers’ Fund to start paying benefits to injured workers would be the same as it is for insurers and employers, under a bill the House of Delegates passed Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Carrier's Contract Action Against Injured Worker Wasn't SLAPP | 03/12/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a workers’ compensation insurance carrier’s breach-of-contract action against a tile setter for failing to pay its lien out of a settlement was not a strategic lawsuit against public participation. ...Read More | |||
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State's Share of Covered Wages, Benefit Payments Edges Up Slightly | 03/12/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The share of covered wages and benefits paid to injured workers in the Golden State increased in 2021 from 2020 despite no change in the share of covered jobs, according to a California Workers’ Compensation Institute analysis of a National Academy of Social Insurance report. ...Read More | |||
