Workers' Compensation News
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Board Must Revisit Calculation of Worker's SLU Award | 07/13/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ordered the Workers’ Compensation Board to revisit its decision to offset a worker’s schedule loss of use from a shoulder injury by his prior SLUs for elbow injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Berkshire Hathaway Names Danny Engell SVP, Chief Underwriting and Analytics Officer | 07/12/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Cos. announced the appointment of Danny Engell to serve as senior vice president and chief underwriting and analytics officer for its workers’ compensation division. ...Read More | |||
| Bill Would End COVID Immunity for Employers | 06/13/2022 | ||
| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Michigan lawmakers will consider a bill that would expire the legal immunity given to employers that follow workplace safety regulations and whose employees contract COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Hosts Public Forum Today | 06/01/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation board of directors is hosting a public forum in Cambridge today. Board members will discuss ...Read More | |||
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BWC Admin. Reappoints Judge Joshua Baker | 05/19/2022 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Administrator Abbie Hudgens reappointed Joshua Davis Baker to the Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims. ...Read More | |||
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Business Owners Arraigned on Fraud Charges | 05/18/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Insurance announced that three business owners were arraigned on charges that they conspired to illegally lower their workers’ compensation premiums by more than $125,000. ...Read More | |||
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Bouncer Gets Award of Civil Damages for Gunshot Wound Inflicted by Colleague | 05/10/2022 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld an award of damages to a bouncer against his non-subscribing employer for his injuries from being shot by a co-worker who had come to the club as a patron. ...Read More | |||
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Board Properly Vacates Commissioner's Rulings Due to 'Unorthodox' Manner of Addressing Evidence | 05/05/2022 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court ruled that the Compensation Review Board properly vacated the findings of a commissioner on the extent and cause of an injured worker’s disability due to her "unorthodox" manner of addressing the evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Board Errs in Denying Review of Claim | 04/29/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board abused its discretion in denying review of a worker’s claim challenge because he failed to submit two copies of his application. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Make Lyme Disease an Occupational Illness | 04/28/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York lawmakers are considering a proposal that would make Lyme disease an occupational illness under state workers’ compensation law. ...Read More | |||
