Workers' Compensation News
DWC Offers CLE for Attorneys Attending Insurer Quarterly Meeting | 04/19/2024 | ||
State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that continuing education credit will be available to attorneys who attend its next quarterly meeting with insurance carriers. ...Read More | |||
Industrial Commission Properly Exercises Authority to Correct Error of Law | 04/19/2024 | ||
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
An Ohio appellate court upheld an order of the Industrial Commission correcting an error of law and awarding a worker temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
Legislature Approves Electronic Cancellation Measure | 04/19/2024 | ||
State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Oklahoma Legislature passed a bill that would allow insurance carriers to send cancellation notices electronically. The state Hous...Read More | |||
Employer Can't Be 3rd-Party Defendant in Suit Over Fatal Wall Collapse | 04/19/2024 | ||
State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that an employer could not be made a third-party defendant in a civil action filed by its employees arising from a fatal retaining wall accident. ...Read More | |||
Worker Shouldn't Have Been Denied Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 04/19/2024 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should not have been denied summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for injuries from falling through an unguarded opening. ...Read More | |||
WCIRB Approves Recommendation for 0.9% Rate Increase | 04/18/2024 | ||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Governing Committee on Wednesday voted for a fifth consecutive time to recommend that the California insurance commissioner increase the advisory pure premium rate. ...Read More | |||
Injured Worker Must Attend IME, Sign Informed Consent Document | 04/18/2024 | ||
State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that an employer could compel an injured worker to attend an independent medical evaluation and to sign the provider’s “informed consent” document, but the claimant did not need to complete any other paperwork. ...Read More | |||
Employer Must Pay Enhanced Award for Violation of Specific Safety Requirement | 04/18/2024 | ||
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
An Ohio appellate court upheld an enhanced award of benefits to an injured worker, finding his employer’s violation of a specific safety requirement for hydraulic presses was the proximate cause of the accident. ...Read More | |||
Court Upholds $15 Million Damage Verdict for Seaman's Death | 04/18/2024 | ||
State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a $15 million award of damages on a Jones Act claim for a 22-year-old seaman’s death. Case: ...Read More | |||
Worker Fails to Establish Total Disability From Combined Mental, Physical Injuries | 04/18/2024 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker was not entitled to a finding of total disability for her mental and physical injuries. ...Read More | |||