Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Finds Miner's Pneumoconiosis Didn't Contribute to His Death | 03/27/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker’s occupational pneumoconiosis did not materially contribute to his death. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Employer's Challenge to Board's Interpretation of Subpoena Rules | 03/27/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court tossed an employer’s appeal challenging a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board regarding its interpretation of the statutory and regulatory scheme of issuing subpoenas for the deposition of medical providers. ...Read More | |||
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Worker, Defendants Each Get Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claims | 03/27/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim but that the defendants were also entitled to dismissal of some of his claims. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Propose Penalty for Unreasonable Denial, Presumption of Compensability After 90 Days | 03/27/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Louisiana lawmakers have introduced bills that would presume that claims are compensable if they haven’t been denied within three months, and to allow employers to seek penalties and attorney fees when they have to recover health care payments after a work comp claim is unreasonably denied....Read More | |||
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NCCI: Influence of Wage on TD Duration Depends on Claimant Age | 03/27/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance said that though high-wage earners typically have longer temporary disability duration than low-wage earners, the influence of pay on TD duration depends on the injured worker's age. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Bureau Cuts Loss Costs by 19% | 03/27/2024 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Maine Bureau of Insurance approved a 19% average loss cost decrease for policies incepting on or after April 1. “If all insurers...Read More | |||
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Amended Bill Would Tap Revolving Fund to Pay for Heat Injury Presumption | 03/26/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A one-time transfer of $5 million from the Workers’ Compensation Administration Revolving Fund would be used to establish an account to cover administrative costs associated with a proposed heat injury presumption for California farmworkers, under a recently amended bill. ...Read More | |||
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DA: Former City Worker Stole More Than $627,000 With Phony Comp Audits | 03/26/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former human resources worker in San Francisco allegedly stole more than $627,000 from the city’s self-insured workers’ compensation fund by using a fake business in Illinois to charge for auditing services that were never provided, the District Attorney’s Office announced....Read More | |||
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CDI Hearing on Regulatory Filing Set for April 25 | 03/26/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Insurance will hold a public hearing on the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s annual regulatory filing April 25. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Endorses 'Directly Related' Test for Compensability of Treatment | 03/26/2024 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Supreme Court expressly adopted a long-standing Court of Appeals precedent using the "directly related" test to determine whether the causal connection required for treatment to be compensable has been satisfied. ...Read More | |||
