Workers' Compensation News
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Business Owner Accused of $236,515 Premium Fraud Scheme | 04/10/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office charged a contractor with fraud for allegedly underreporting payroll to reduce his workers’ compensation premiums by $236,515. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Summary Judgment to Worker for Trip-and-Fall Claim | 04/10/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a denial of a worker’s motion for summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a trip-and-fall accident. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Not Entitled to Renew Motion for Summary Judgment | 04/10/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant was not entitled to renew its motion for summary judgment based on new evidence it provided. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Overturns Award to Field Surveyor for COVID-19 Infection | 04/10/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A divided Louisiana appellate court overturned a finding that an oil field surveyor was entitled to benefits on his occupational disease claim based on his contraction of COVID-19 while working out of state. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Actuarial Committee Meets Thursday | 04/09/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Actuarial Committee is holding a virtual meeting Thursday. Committee members will discus...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
