Workers' Compensation News
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Governor Signs Reform Bill | 04/12/2024 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday signed a reform bill that includes benefit increases and more restrictive criteria for injured workers to receive future care after reaching maximum medical improvement. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Worker's Gross Negligence Suit Against Colleague | 04/12/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment dismissing the gross negligence suit against him by a colleague whose hand was crushed in a cutting machine. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Compensability of Poultry Plant Worker's Heart Attack | 04/12/2024 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Commission did not exceed the scope of its mandate in determining that a poultry plant employee was entitled to benefits for his heart attack at the age of 29. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Expresses 'Profound Concern' With Administrative Denial of Claim | 04/12/2024 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld a decision awarding benefits to a worker for a repetitive trauma injury, expressing “profound concern” with the administrative ruling that had rejected the claim. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB Proposes $40k in Sanctions, Alleges Pattern of Misusing Recon to Delay Trials | 04/11/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board on Wednesday issued an en banc order announcing its intent to sanction an attorney and a hearing representative a combined $40,000 for allegedly engaging in a pattern of seeking reconsideration of non-final orders to delay trials. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Announces $134,000 Fine for Asbestos Violations | 04/11/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries cited a company $134,000 for violating more than two dozen rules related to asbestos removal. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Judges Reappointed to Five-Year Terms | 04/11/2024 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration announced that judges Tony Couture and David Skinner were reappointed to new five-year terms, effective Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Judge to Revisit Fee Award Prompted by Employer's Partially Unreasonable Contest of Claim | 04/11/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania overturned an award of attorney fees to an injured worker and ordered a judge to reconsider what the employer should pay, given that its challenge to the claim was unreasonable for a limited period. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Presumption That Recent Symptoms Relate to Old Back Injury | 04/11/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker was entitled to a presumption that some of his symptoms were related to an old back injury and that his employer failed to rebut it. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Loss-of-Use Calculation With Credit for Compensation Paid | 04/11/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld the calculation of a worker’s loss-of-use award as including a credit to her employer for a prior award. ...Read More | |||
