Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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WCD Posts New Hospital Reimbursement Ratios | 03/12/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division updated the cost-to-charge ratios used to calculate reimbursement owed to hospitals for treating injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Resolution Seeks Rule Change on APRN Reimbursement | 03/12/2024 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Hawaii lawmakers are debating resolutions that would ask the director of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to amend the agency’s rules to clarify that reimbursement for advanced practice registered nurses shall be 100% of the fees authorized under the Medicare fee schedu...Read More | |||
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Heirs of Cancer-Stricken Firefighter Not Entitled to Presumption | 03/12/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court overturned an award of benefits to the heirs of a firefighter who died from pancreatic cancer, finding they were not entitled to a statutory presumption that the firefighter’s cancer developed during the course and scope of his employment. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says WCJ Didn't Arbitrarily Reject Expert Testimony | 03/12/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a judge’s credibility assessment of an expert’s testimony was not so arbitrary and capricious to require reversal of the finding that a worker had not fully recovered from her injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Worker's Malpractice Action Against Former Attorney | 03/12/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court threw out a worker’s malpractice action against her former attorney, finding that the lawyer had never agreed to represent her in a personal injury action. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Worker's Claims for Retaliation, Discrimination | 03/11/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s claims of retaliation and disability discrimination against her former employer. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Commission Sets Conference for Oct. 8-9 | 03/11/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission is holding its Educational Conference and Exhibition Oct. 8-9 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Additional Time to Serve Labor Law Claims on Out-of-State Defendant | 03/11/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to additional time to serve a summons and complaint for his Labor Law claims against a homeowner who had moved out of state. ...Read More | |||
