Workers' Compensation News
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Unanimous Supreme Court Upholds Award for Worker With History of Neck, Shoulder Injuries | 01/04/2023 | |
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| The South Dakota Supreme Court unanimously upheld an award of benefits to a worker for a cervical injury despite her prior injuries affecting her neck and shoulder. ...Read More | |||
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United Heartland, Third Coast Underwriters Align Services | 12/06/2022 | |
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| United Heartland and Third Coast Underwriters announced a strategic alignment that the companies said leverages the expertise of both divisions to create efficiencies for middle-market businesses. ...Read More | |||
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Updated Rating Bureau Study Finds Average COVID Claim Cost $9,600 | 11/16/2022 | |
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| An updated study prepared by 10 workers’ compensation rating bureaus throughout the country found the average cost of a claim for COVID-19 in accident years 2020 and 2021 was $9,600. ...Read More | |||
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Unanimous Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim for Arm Injury | 11/07/2022 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of a worker’s claim for benefits, finding she failed to carry her burden of proving an aggravation of a noncompensable preexisting injury or a new discrete injury. ...Read More | |||
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Unanimous Supreme Court Upholds Impairment Rating for Worker With Shoulder Injury | 11/03/2022 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a 7% impairment rating for a worker with an injury to his right shoulder. Case:...Read More | |||
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Unanimous Supreme Court Upholds Closure of Worker's Claim for Leg Injury | 10/14/2022 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Supreme Court of West Virginia unanimously ruled that a worker’s claim for temporary total disability benefits for a leg injury was properly closed. ...Read More | |||
| Uber and Subsidiary Pay $100M In Driver Misclassification Case | 09/14/2022 | ||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Uber Technologies Inc. and its subsidiary Rasier LLC have submitted a $100 million payment to the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s Unemployment Trust Fund after an audit found the ride-share companies improperly classified hundreds of thousands of drivers as indepe...Read More | |||
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UR Study, Anti-Fraud Bills Heading to Governor | 08/26/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate gave final approval to a bill that would give the Division of Workers’ Compensation more time to complete its analysis of exempting some early medical treatments from prospective utilization review on the same day the Assembly concurred in amendments to a measure inten...Read More | |||
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Uninsured Employer Can't Avoid Liability to Reimburse 2nd Injury Fund | 07/29/2022 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals rejected an uninsured employer’s challenge to an order requiring him to reimburse the Second Injury Fund for benefits paid to his injured employee. ...Read More | |||
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U.S. Senate Aims to Make Sweeping Changes to Black Lung Benefits Act | 07/20/2022 | |
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| Citing unfair claims acceptance and management, among other issues, federal legislation that would change the way injured workers' claims are handled under the 50-year-old Black Lung Benefits Act is now being considered by Congress. ...Read More | |||
