Workers' Compensation News
| COVID Driving Bigger Rate Increases in Health Care, Agriculture Industries | 09/04/2020 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Projected costs for COVID-19 claims added about six cents to the indicated 2021 advisory pure premium rate averaged across for all sectors in California, but the effect is most pronounced in health care and agricultural industries where costs from the pandemic are driving up the advisory rate by ...Read More | |||
| CDC Warns About More Counterfeit Respirators | 09/04/2020 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal health and safety officials are again warning that counterfeit respirators are on the market and may not provide adequate protection against dust and the coronavirus. ...Read More | |||
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Court Clarifies Preclusive Effect of Doctors' Opinions | 09/02/2020 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that a recommendation by a division-sponsored independent medical examiner to convert a worker’s schedule impairment to a whole person impairment did not have preclusive effect under the Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Church Mutual Names Chief Claims Officer | 09/02/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Church Mutual Insurance Co. on Tuesday announced that Becky Hudzik-Presson was named chief claims officer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award of Benefits, Additional Treatment for Worker's Back Injury | 09/02/2020 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of wage-loss benefits and additional medical treatment to a worker for a back injury despite a conflict in the medical opinions as to the cause of his ongoing issues. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Must Defend Owner, Construction Manager From Worker's Suit | 09/02/2020 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that a subcontractor’s insurance carrier had a duty to defend a property owner and construction manager from an employee’s claims of negligence. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Starts Smartphone Contract Tracing at Hearings | 09/02/2020 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Starting this week, the Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission is utilizing modern technology to enhance COVID-19 contact tracing for participants at hearings. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Claim Alleging 'Power Press Exception' to Exclusive Remedy | 09/01/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An employer’s failure to install any point-of-operation guards created a triable issue about whether a manufacturer’s vague recommendation to use some type of protection is sufficient to trigger an exclusive remedy exception for a woman whose hand was severely injured in a machine, a ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Widow's Civil Suit Over Fatal Workplace Accident | 09/01/2020 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court revived a widow’s civil claim due to a judge’s failure to address arguments regarding immunity of co-employees, managers and employers. ...Read More | |||
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Companies Need Strict COVID Rules to Avoid 3rd-Party Lawsuits, Experts Say | 08/31/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Employers that fail to implement and enforce recommended COVID-19 guidelines could open themselves up to potentially expensive litigation, including third-party claims, insurance experts say. ...Read More | |||
