Workers' Compensation News
| Court Rejects Worker's Constitutional Challenges to Modification of Status | 11/28/2023 | ||
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| The Commonwealth Court rejected a worker’s constitutional challenges to the modification of his disability benefits from total to partial. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI: No Change in TD Rates for 2024 | 11/27/2023 | |
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| Maximum and minimum weekly total disability benefits will remain unchanged in 2024 because the state’s average weekly wage decreased for the 12-month period ending March 31, the California Workers’ Compensation Institute said Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI: Employment Gains, COVID Reporting Drive Increase in Injuries | 11/27/2023 | |
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| Rebounding statewide employment and mandatory reporting of COVID-19 infections at work sites helped drive a 25.6% increase in the nonfatal work injury and illness rate per 100 full-time employees in 2022, the California Workers’ Compensation Institute said. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Approves 3.9% Rate Cut | 11/27/2023 | |
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| The New Jersey Commission of Banking and Insurance approved a 3.9% rate cut for workers’ compensation and employers’ liability policies incepting on or after Jan. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Competent Medical Evidence Can Be Used to Assess Impairment for Schedule Injuries | 11/22/2023 | |
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| The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Act does not exclude the use of competent medical evidence when assessing an impairment rating for schedule injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Worker's Attempt to Challenge Apportionment | 11/22/2023 | |
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| A New York appellate court dismissed a worker’s appeal of a decision apportioning liability on grounds that he had not been aggrieved by the ruling. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Makes Appointments to COIN Advisory Board | 11/20/2023 | |
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| Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Friday announced several appointments to the board charged with helping safeguard the integrity of the insurance market. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Carpenter Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment | 11/17/2023 | |
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| A New York appellate court ruled that a carpenter should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a trip-and-fall accident. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Not Entitled to Further Develop Record on Lack-of-Coverage Defense | 11/14/2023 | |
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| A New York appellate court ruled that a carrier was not entitled to an opportunity to develop the record as to its lack-of-coverage defense. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Former Nanny's Occupational Disease Claim | 11/13/2023 | |
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| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a former nanny’s claim of an occupational disease caused by her employment of less than one year. ...Read More | |||
