Workers' Compensation News
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Attorney Notice, Electronic Signature Bills Set for April 3 Hearing | 03/21/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 3 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly Insurance Committee is scheduled to hear testimony April 3 on a bill that would allow injured workers to sign settlements electronically, as well as on a bill to require that they be notified of the right to consult with an attorney. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Passes Omnibus Comp Bill | 02/27/2024 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wisconsin Assembly passed a bill that would increase benefits, clarify case closure responsibilities and modify uninsured employer fund processes and rules for advanced payment of permanent partial disability. ...Read More | |||
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Amended Bill Would Create Presumption for All Law Enforcement Injuries | 02/26/2024 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A policy committee in the Utah House of Representatives unanimously passed an amended bill that would create a rebuttable presumption that all law enforcement injuries are compensable. ...Read More | |||
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ATF Medical Promotes Grace Carter to SVP of Finance and Operations | 02/21/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| ATF Medical on Tuesday announced the promotion of Grace Carter to senior vice president of finance and operations. ...Read More | |||
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Airline Worker Gets Benefits for Injuries on Employer's 'Extended Premises' | 01/25/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to an airline employee for her injuries from a fall as she was using a covered walkway to travel from her parked car to her workstation. ...Read More | |||
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Annual Reports of Inventory Due April 1 | 01/16/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted a reminder to claims administrators that their annual reports of inventory are due April 1. ...Read More | |||
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Appeal Petition Properly Dismissed as Untimely | 01/12/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the dismissal of a worker’s untimely petition to appeal a prior administrative ruling. ...Read More | |||
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Administratrix Gets Costs, Fees for Employer's Failure to Pay Award | 12/21/2023 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld costs and fees to the administratrix of a worker’s estate for the employer’s failure to pay an award to account for its prior underpayment of permanent total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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AWCA's Cap on PPD Doesn't Bar Worker From Receiving Additional Benefits | 12/14/2023 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the statutory cap of 350 weeks of permanent partial disability benefits did not bar a worker from receiving additional benefits under a new law. ...Read More | |||
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Ankle Condition Qualifies as Schedule Injury to Foot, Not Leg | 12/08/2023 | |
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| 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 | |||
