Workers' Compensation News
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Carrier Not Bound to Waiver of Lien Against Worker's Third-Party Recovery | 08/01/2023 | |
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| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker did not have a binding deal with his employer’s insurance carrier to waive its lien against his recovery from a third-party tortfeasor. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Board Gets Assessments From Trust Member, but No Collection Fee | 08/01/2023 | |
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| A New York appellate court upheld the imposition of additional assessments on a member of a defunct group self-insurance trust but vacated the imposition of a collection fee on the amount owed to the Workers' Compensation Board. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Reinstatement of Injured Worker's Total Disability Status | 07/31/2023 | |
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| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an administrative decision to reinstate an injured worker’s total disability status. ...Read More | |||
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Court Maintains Constitutionality of Act 111, Impairment Rating Evaluation Process | 07/28/2023 | |
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| The Commonwealth Court upheld the constitutionality of the state’s revised standards for impairment rating evaluations and the modification of a worker’s status from totally disabled to partially disabled. ...Read More | |||
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CHSWC Publishes 2022 Annual Reports | 07/27/2023 | |
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| The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation published its 2022 annual report providing information about California’s health and safety and work comp systems. ...Read More | |||
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Chamber of Commerce Hosting Work Comp, Safety Conference Oct. 17 | 07/27/2023 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Illinois Chamber of Commerce opened registration for its Workers’ Compensation and Safety conference scheduled for Oct. 17 in Lisle. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Expansion of Worker's Injury Description, Award of Wage-Loss Benefits | 07/27/2023 | |
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| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the expansion of a worker’s description of injury and award of wage loss benefits. C...Read More | |||
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Correctional Officer Waits Too Long to Request Addition of Injury | 07/26/2023 | |
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| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured corrections officer waited too long to file a request to amend his claim to include a causally related elbow injury. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Attorney Gets 2-Month Suspension for Forgery | 07/25/2023 | |
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| A New York appellate court last week suspended a longtime claimants’ attorney for knowingly submitting forms on which he had forged his client’s signature to the Workers’ Compensation Board. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Claims of Discrimination, Retaliation by Former School Employee | 07/24/2023 | |
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| A Texas appellate court ruled that a school district should have been granted judgment dismissing a former employee’s claims of discrimination and retaliation. ...Read More | |||
