Workers' Compensation News
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Court Overturns Award of Payment to Treatment Providers | 02/25/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Florida appellate court overturned an award of payment for providers who treated a worker after an on-the-job injury. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Counsel's Communication With Expert Renders Opinion Unreliable | 02/25/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for benefits based on the rejection of a medical expert’s causation opinion as having been tainted by counsel’s influence. ...Read More | |||
| Comp Bill Calls for Notification of Discontinued Prescription Payments | 02/25/2022 | ||
| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Connecticut lawmakers are pushing for workers' compensation insurers and employers to provide timely notification of discontinued prescriptions for injured workers, under a proposal introduced Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Claim for Worker Who Fell for Unknown Reason | 02/24/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court overturned a denial of benefits to a massage therapist who fell for an unknown reason as she was leaving work. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI Announces 2022 Case Law Program | 02/23/2022 | |
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| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute will present its annual case law update as a live online broadcast May 12 with a limited number of seats available for fully vaccinated people who want to attend in person. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Commission's Finding of Employee Status for IT Technician | 02/22/2022 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Utah Court of Appeals overturned a determination that an IT technician was an employee who qualified for workers’ compensation benefits for his injuries from a fall off a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Court Clarifies Compensability Analysis for Workers With Idiopathic Conditions | 02/18/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In an uncharacteristically long decision, a Florida appellate court clarified the compensability analysis for a worker with an idiopathic condition that contributes to a workplace injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Benefits to Firefighter With PTSD | 02/17/2022 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals overturned a denial of benefits to a firefighter for his post-traumatic stress disorder, finding he had timely provided notice of his condition and timely filed his claim after being diagnosed. ...Read More | |||
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Contractor Sued for Allegedly Underreporting Payroll | 02/16/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York contractor allegedly reported only a single worker when buying workers’ compensation coverage in 2016 rather than the 90 people he actually employed, according to a lawsuit a carrier filed in New York. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI Projects High Mark for COVID Claims in January | 02/14/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute is projecting that total COVID-19 claims filed in January will exceed the previous high-water mark from December 2020. ...Read More | |||
