Workers' Compensation News
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Appeals Court Says SIBTF Must Prove Entitlement to SSDI Offset | 07/16/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court said the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund is allowed to reduce payments to injured workers who also receive Social Security benefits, but not unless it first establishes by a preponderance of the evidence that it is entitled to an offset. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Line Worker Gets Benefits Plus Multiplier for RT Injury | 07/16/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to an injured assembly line worker, plus medical benefits and a three-multiplier. ...Read More | |||
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Adult Family Home Owner Accused of Double Dipping | 07/15/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that a woman who ran an adult family home while claiming she was too injured to work is facing a felony charge in a $60,000 work comp fraud case. ...Read More | |||
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Amazon Can't Join Injured Worker's Prior Employer as Defendant to Claim | 07/11/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that Amazon.com was not entitled to join an injured employee’s prior employer as a defendant in her claim and that she was entitled to benefits for her shoulder injury. ...Read More | |||
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Annuity Interest Rate Increases to 4.36% | 06/26/2024 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations announced an increase in the interest rate to calculate permanent partial disability lump-sum settlements. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Insurance Committee Hears Comp Bills Wednesday | 06/24/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly Insurance Committee on Wednesday will hear testimony on proposals to provide temporary disability for medical treatment, create a presumption that heat injuries arose out of agricultural employment and give park rangers and game wardens salary continuation benefits in lieu...Read More | |||
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Amazon Fined $5.9M for Violating Quota Law | 06/20/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Labor Commissioner's Office on Tuesday announced that it fined Amazon $5.9 million for violating the state’s warehouse quota law. ...Read More | |||
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AppliedVR Names Michael Marsau Executive Director, Workers' Compensation | 06/20/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| AppliedVR appointed Michael Marsau as its executive director of workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Ag Labor Contractors Charged in Alleged $16.4M Fraud Scheme | 06/12/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Insurance on Tuesday reported that two farm labor contractors were arraigned on multiple felony charges, including insurance fraud, for allegedly underreporting payroll by more than $16.4 million to save on work comp insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Appeal Can't Be Rejected as Untimely Without Evidence of When Decision Was Mailed | 06/12/2024 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations cannot reject an appeal as untimely based on its “sent” date for a decision without direct evidence that the decision was sent on that date. ...Read More | |||
