Workers' Compensation News
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Attorney Gets Summary Dismissal of Former Client's Malpractice Action | 08/28/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s malpractice action against his former attorney, finding the attorney validly limited his scope of representation of the client to the prosecution of a workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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Appellate Court Clarifies Calculation of Interest on Unpaid Judgments | 08/22/2023 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court clarified that interest accrues on unpaid judgments without exception, including money that has been escrowed because it is subject to a lien. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Overturns WCAB Decision, Says IDL Payments Not 'Compensation' | 08/15/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court on Monday overturned a Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board decision and held that industrial disability leave benefits paid to injured state workers as an alternative to temporary disability do not count as “compensation” and can’t be increased...Read More | |||
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Amazon Cited for Warehouse Safety Violations | 08/10/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal workplace safety investigation has again found workers at an Amazon fulfillment center exposed to ergonomic hazards, this time at a Logan Township, New Jersey, facility. ...Read More | |||
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Assessment Rate Set for Administrative Trust Fund | 08/09/2023 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Florida Department of Financial Services set the assessment rate for the Workers’ Compensation Administration Trust at 0.79% for calendar year 2024. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Affirms Worker's Award for 'Unexplained' Injury | 08/08/2023 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Colorado appellate court upheld the award of benefits to a supermarket worker for an on-the-job injury where the cause of the injury was unknown, but not due to a preexisting condition or other personal risk. ...Read More | |||
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AMA Webinar for Providers Will Cover Navigating Disability Benefits | 08/03/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The American Medical Association is hosting a webinar intended to introduce frontline health care professionals to concepts to help navigate and negotiate disability systems. ...Read More | |||
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Additional Fact-Finding Needed to Determine Reimbursement for State Trooper | 08/01/2023 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that a trial judge will have to make additional findings as to whether and when an injured state trooper's insurance was reinstated after he returned to his job. ...Read More | |||
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Amerisafe Names Ray Wise Executive Vice President, Chief Sales Officer | 07/20/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Specialty work comp provider Amerisafe announced that Ray Wise is joining the company as executive vice president and chief sales officer. ...Read More | |||
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AM Best: Comp Line Driving Profits for Property/Casualty Sector | 07/19/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Rating agency AM Best in a new report characterized the workers’ compensation line as a profit engine for the property and casualty sector in 2022. ...Read More | |||
