Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Decision Linking Worker's Anxiety to Claim for Physical Injuries | 06/03/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that a worker’s generalized anxiety disorder was consequential to his established claim for injuries to his left shoulder and neck. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rebukes Commissioner for 'Harsh' Analysis of Worker's Credibility but Upholds Denial of Claim | 06/03/2021 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals rebuked a commissioner for an “unduly harsh and unwarranted” critique of a worker’s credibility but upheld the denial of the claim. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI: Direct Written Premium Down 11.4% in 2020 | 06/01/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Total direct written premium fell by 11.4% in 2020 to an eight-year low of $10.11 billion, according to a bulletin from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. ...Read More | |||
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Chip Terhune Hired as New President, CEO of SAIF | 05/27/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| SAIF Corp. announced that it hired Chip Terhune to succeed President and Chief Executive Officer Kerry Barnett, who announced his retirement last year. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Summary Judgment for Worker | 05/27/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker was not entitled to summary judgment for his trip-and-fall claims. Case...Read More | |||
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Christian Renninger Joins Jopari Solutions as Vice President of Data & Analytics | 05/27/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Jopari Solutions announced the addition of Christian Renninger as vice president, data and analytics. ...Read More | |||
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Cal/OSHA Fines Chicken Company More Than $181K for COVID-19 Violations | 05/26/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Occupational Health and Safety has fined Livingston-based chicken company Foster Farms $181,500 for multiple COVID-19 workplace safety violations, the agency announced. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Board's Authorization of Back Surgery | 05/26/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board properly resolved conflicting medical evidence to authorize back surgery for an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Reclassification of Workers | 05/25/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Courts | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a decision by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation to change a company’s manual classification code to better reflect the hazards faced by the employees in inspecting and refurbishing acetylene tanks. ...Read More | |||
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Committees Pass Comp Bills Ahead of Deadline; Assembly OKs New Skin Cancer Presumption | 05/24/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Appropriations committees in both chambers of the California Legislature passed multiple workers’ comp bills last week and the Assembly unanimously approved legislation that would extend presumptive coverage for skin cancer to some game wardens and state parks employees. ...Read More | |||
