Workers' Compensation News
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Commission to Resume Normal Case Setting Process in August | 06/10/2021 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Maryland Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that it will resume the normal process of setting all cases with a start time of 9:30 a.m. in August. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Reduction of Firefighter's PPD Award | 06/10/2021 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals ruled that an injured firefighter’s permanent partial disability award was properly subjected to a reduction by the wages he received. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner to Weigh Competing Proposals for Sept. 1 Rate Filing | 06/08/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California's insurance commissioner on Monday heard competing proposals for the state's first-ever Sept. 1 advisory pure premium rate, one a recommendation to increase the rate by 3.4% and the other a recommendation to reduce it by about 7.6%. ...Read More | |||
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Court Orders Pharmacy to Stop Dispensing Controlled Substances | 06/08/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal court in Ohio ordered a pharmacy and two pharmacists to stop dispensing certain controlled substances and to pay a $375,000 penalty to resolve a civil complaint filed in January. ...Read More | |||
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Convenience Store Manager Can't Get Benefits for Mental Injury | 06/07/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of benefits to a longtime convenience store manager for her psychological injuries following a hostile confrontation with a customer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Verdict for Injured Worker on Retaliatory Discharge Claim | 06/04/2021 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld a jury’s verdict finding an injured truck driver had been wrongfully terminated in retaliation for initiating a workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds 50% Loss of Earning Capacity for Former Equine Therapy Program Director | 06/04/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who was no longer able to continue in her position as the director of an equine-assisted therapy program had suffered a 50% loss of wage-earning capacity. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Owes No Penalty, Benefits After Worker Unilaterally Discontinued 3rd-Party Action | 06/04/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who discontinued a third-party action without the consent of her employer’s insurance carrier was barred from receiving further benefits, and the carrier should not have been penalized for discontinuing payments. ...Read More | |||
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Claims Adjusters Need Diligence to Avoid Costs Under New MLFS, Defense Attorneys Say | 06/03/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two months after the Division of Workers’ Compensation adopted an updated Medical-Legal Fee Schedule, California claims adjusters and defense firms will need to stay diligent if they want to avoid racking up new fees, an attorney panel said this week. ...Read More | |||
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Court Publishes Opinion Annulling PTD Award for Worker Exploited by Doctor | 06/03/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Court of Appeal for the 6th District of California on Tuesday ordered publication of its decision annulling a permanent total disability award to an injured worker who was sexually exploited by her treating physician. ...Read More | |||
