Workers' Compensation News
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Bridge Inspector Fails to Assert Viable Labor Law Claim | 06/23/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court threw out a bridge inspector’s claims for negligence and violation of the Labor Law based on his injuries from a work accident. ...Read More | |||
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Bradford & Barthel Names Farai Alves as Chief Diversity Officer | 06/22/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California workers’ compensation defense firm Bradford & Barthel LLP announced that Farai Alves, managing partner and conflict resolution strategist at its Oakland office, became the firm’s first chief diversity officer as of June 15. ...Read More | |||
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Board Can Order That Attorney Fees Be Paid From SLU Award | 06/19/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board did not commit an abuse of discretion in directing that an employee’s attorney fees be paid out of his schedule-loss-of-use award. ...Read More | |||
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Board Postpones In-Person Hearings, Mediations Until July 6 | 06/19/2020 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| All in-person hearings and mediations are now canceled, at least through July 6, and video-based proceedings are strongly encouraged, the Georgia Board of Workers' Compensation announced Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Bus Driver Gets Benefits in Post-Termination Claim | 06/17/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a bus driver was entitled to benefits for neck and shoulder injuries as part of a claim she filed shortly after she lost her job. ...Read More | |||
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Bills to Protect Claimant Info, Comp Funding Die in Senate | 06/16/2020 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Mississippi Legislature failed to act on two bills this month that the Workers' Compensation Commission had requested, one of which would have stabilized funding for the agency and the other would have reduced attorney solicitation of injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Passes to Make Misclassification Penalties Follow to Successor Companies | 06/15/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The practice is well known in the world of commercial construction: A labor broker supplies dozens of workers to a job site, claiming to have workers' compensation insurance on all of them. ...Read More | |||
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Board Adds Consent Boxes to Settlement Agreement Form | 06/15/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Settlement agreement forms have been revised to allow parties to easily give consent for desk review, the New York Workers' Compensation Board announced Friday. ...Read More | |||
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Board Proposes Changes to Treatment Guides, Reporting | 06/12/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York Workers' Compensation Board has proposed rule changes regarding medical treatment guidelines, submission of reports, and updates to the eClaims system. ...Read More | |||
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Board Posting Suggests More Virus Claims Will Be Compensable | 06/09/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Despite the fact that New York lawmakers have not approved a presumption law for frontline employees, the state Workers' Compensation Board has posted a fact sheet that notes many COVID-19 claims are now likely to be approved. ...Read More | |||
