Workers' Compensation News
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Committee Passes Bill to Revise Poster Requirements | 04/19/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California legislative committee passed a bill that would require notifying workers of their right to consult an attorney. The As...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Award to Social Worker for PTSD | 04/19/2024 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits to a social worker for post-traumatic stress disorder and clarified that comp judges may review the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders criteria when considering the persuasiveness of expert reports, but they can't make...Read More | |||
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DWC Offers CLE for Attorneys Attending Insurer Quarterly Meeting | 04/19/2024 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Industrial Commission Properly Exercises Authority to Correct Error of Law | 04/19/2024 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Legislature Approves Electronic Cancellation Measure | 04/19/2024 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Employer Can't Be 3rd-Party Defendant in Suit Over Fatal Wall Collapse | 04/19/2024 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Worker Shouldn't Have Been Denied Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 04/19/2024 | |
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| 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 | |||
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WCIRB Approves Recommendation for 0.9% Rate Increase | 04/18/2024 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Injured Worker Must Attend IME, Sign Informed Consent Document | 04/18/2024 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Employer Must Pay Enhanced Award for Violation of Specific Safety Requirement | 04/18/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| 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 | |||
