Workers' Compensation News
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Bank Accounts Subject to Garnishment to Reimburse Carrier for Overpayment | 02/01/2023 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that a worker's bank account was not exempt from garnishment to allow his employer's insurance carrier to recoup an overpayment. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Address Causation, Traveling Employees, Medical Fees and Benefits | 01/31/2023 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission would be required to establish a new medical fee schedule and implement a closed drug formulary, under legislation introduced Monday. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Opens Registration for Medical and Health Symposium | 01/30/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation opened registration for its virtual 2023 Medical and Health Symposium being held May 4-6. The free eve...Read More | |||
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BWC Board Considers 8% Rate Cut | 01/30/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation board of directors is considering an 8% rate cut that the agency says would reduce private employers’ premiums by nearly $90 million in the next fiscal year. ...Read More | |||
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Bus Driver With History of Back Issues Fails to Prove Compensable Injuries | 01/27/2023 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits to a bus driver, finding his claims of injury from a motor vehicle accident were unsupported by the record evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Eliminate Limits on Chiropractors, Require Paid Time Off for Treatment of Injuries | 01/27/2023 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon lawmakers are set to debate bills that would remove limitations on chiropractic treatments provided to injured workers and require employers to adopt policies allowing workers paid time off to receive medical services for a compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
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Building Owner Gets Summary Judgment Dismissing Worker's Labor Law Claim | 01/25/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a building owner was entitled to summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim for a trip-and-fall hazard that was wholly unrelated to the equipment he used. ...Read More | |||
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Board Needs to Decide Applicability of Exclusive Remedy Defense for Personal Injury Action | 01/24/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a trial justice should not have decided a motion for summary judgment in a personal injury case until the Workers’ Compensation Board had a chance to rule on the defendant’s exclusive remedy defense. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Establish Good Faith Requirement for Self-Insured Employers, TPAs | 01/24/2023 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Self-insured employers and their third-party administrators would owe injured workers a duty of good faith and fair dealing, under legislation introduced in the Washington state Legislature. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Allow Light-Duty Work With Nonprofits | 01/23/2023 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Injured workers in Washington state would be allowed to perform light-duty work for nonprofit organizations approved by the Department of Labor and Industries, under a bill scheduled for a Thursday hearing. ...Read More | |||
