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Workers' Compensation News

 
WCIRB Governing Committee Meets Wednesday 12/08/2023
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California Governing Committee is meeting at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. The committee’s December meeting is typically short, and this year is no exception. The only new business for committee members to discuss are potenti...Read More
 
 

Two Tractor Rollover Deaths in Two Months Lead to $290,000 Fine 12/08/2023
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries fined a fruit grower and processor $290,000 after two orchard workers died in separate tractor rollover accidents in two consecutive months. ...Read More
 
 

DWC Updates Ambulance Fee Schedule 12/08/2023
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order updating reimbursement rules and rates for ambulance services provided in 2024. ...Read More
 
 

Ankle Condition Qualifies as Schedule Injury to Foot, Not Leg 12/08/2023
State: NM | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled that an ankle injury is a schedule injury to the "foot at the ankle." ...Read More
 
 

Minor Fire Doesn't Constitute Abnormal Working Condition for Truck Driver With PTSD 12/08/2023
State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a minor fire that was extinguished in two minutes without physical injury to anyone did not constitute an abnormal working condition for a truck driver. ...Read More
 
 

Settlement of Third-Party Action Bars Receipt of Further Comp Benefits 12/08/2023
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker was barred from receiving further workers' compensation benefits because she had settled a third-party claim without the consent of her employer and its insurance provider, but that she had not made material misrepresentations. ...Read More
 
 

Court Partially Revives Claim for Worker Injured While Taking Cover in Explosion 12/08/2023
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law claims for his injuries from taking cover from an alleged explosion that occurred while a work crew was replacing a damaged utility pole.   ...Read More
 
 

Rehab Provider Doesn't Qualify as Probationer's 'Employer' 12/07/2023
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A California appellate court ruled that a private, nonprofit organization providing a residential rehabilitation program to a probationer is statutorily excluded from being the probationer’s employer for workers’ compensation purposes. ...Read More
 
 

DWC District Office Moving From Stockton to Lodi 12/07/2023
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation is moving its Stockton office to Lodi next week. The division said the Stockton district office...Read More
 
 

DWC: Medical Costs Down Nearly 30% in Last Decade 12/07/2023
State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
Payments for medical services declined nearly 30% to $812 million in 2022 from $1.15 billion in 2012, according to a new report on health care costs on utilization in the Texas workers’ compensation system. ...Read More
 
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