Workers' Compensation News


	Court Orders Roofing Contractor to Implement Safety Measures		06/05/2018

	State: ME \| Segment: NORTH \| 42 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 58 min read
	The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit has ordered a Maine roofing contractor to implement a comprehensive safety and training program after receiving repeated citations for exposing...Read More


	Court Tosses Worker's Labor Law Claims Against Roofing Subcontractors		06/05/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 104 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 24 min read
	A New York appellate court tossed a construction worker’s Labor Law action against two roofing subcontractors based on his alleged injuries from a trip-and-fall accident. ...Read More


	Court Upholds Award to Painter for Accident That Employer Denied Having Occurred		06/05/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 88 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 40 min read
	A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a painter for his injuries from a fall that his employer denied having happened. ...Read More


	CDC to Launch Project Comparing Opioid Best Practices With Actual Prescribing		06/04/2018
	By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
	State: NA \| Segment: Top \| 408 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 73 min read
	Two years after releasing an influential set of opioid prescribing guidelines, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is embarking on a project to measure the extent to which doctors are following “best practices” for opioid prescribing. ...Read More


	Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Industrial Insurance Act's Procedural Limitations		06/04/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: WA \| Segment: WEST \| 117 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 17 min read
	The Washington Court of Appeals last week rejected an injured worker’s constitutional challenge to the Industrial Insurance Act‘s procedural limitations on litigants appealing adverse decisions from the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals. ...Read More


	Case Law Development Requires Remand of Coverage Dispute		06/04/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 110 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 25 min read
	A divided New York appellate court ruled that guidance from the state’s highest court required remand of a coverage dispute for a worker’s accident so that a trial judge could determine whether the carrier had a substantial in-state business presence. ...Read More


	CHSWC Posts Rand Report on Medical Care		06/01/2018

	State: CA \| Segment: WEST \| 629 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 82 min read
	The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation posted to its website a new report by Rand Corp. analyzing medical trends in California’s comp system. ...Read More


	Court Reduces Jury's Award to Workers for Burn Injuries From Well Explosion		06/01/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: LA \| Segment: SOUTH \| 172 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 11 min read
	A Louisiana appellate court reduced a jury’s multi-million award to two severely burned oil well workers, finding that a jury had awarded excessive amounts for lost future earnings. ...Read More


	Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Ironworker's Fall Though Unguarded Floor Opening		06/01/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 107 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 2 min read
	A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for an ironworker on his Labor Law claim based on his fall through an opening in the floor of a building under construction. ...Read More


	Court Tosses Sanctions Against Claimants' Firm for Doctors' Failure to Appear at Depositions		06/01/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 132 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 2 min read
	A New York appellate court overturned the imposition of sanctions against a claimants’ firm, finding that the Workers’ Compensation Board had cited the wrong statutory provision and that sanctions were not warranted in the first place. ...Read More

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WA - L&I Plans Meetings to Discuss Premium Rates

06/25/2018 | 68 | 0

The Washington Department of Labor and Industries announced that two advisory committees will discuss possible changes to premium rates later this year, and the department will hold formal rule-making hearings in October and November to discuss 2019 rate proposals. The department said in a Tuesday statement of inquiry that it is required by law to establish and maintain a workers’ compensation classification plan and to set premiums at the lowest amount needed to maintain actuarial solvency, and limit year-to-year fluctuations in rates. Premium rates for each ... Read More

NV - Sweep Finds 18% of Employers Without Coverage

06/25/2018 | 76 | 0 | 1 min read

The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section said a recent “educational outreach sweep” found 18% of employers were operating without coverage. WCS said in the summer edition of the Nevada Workers’ Compensation Chronicle that investigators visited more than 179 employers over a three-hour period, asking for proof of work comp coverage. Those who did not have coverage received “a courtesy warning” and were subjected to a follow-up investigation three weeks later. WCS said 14% of employers complied with the requirement to carry workers’ compensation ... Read More

NY - Schumer Wants Benefits for Widow of 9/11 Worker

06/25/2018 | 87 | 0 | 1 min read

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer has called on the New York Workers’ Compensation Board to grant death benefits to the widow of a state trooper who developed pancreatic cancer after working at the site of the September 2001 terrorist attack. In a statement on Friday, Schumer asked WCB to quickly review and approve benefits for Audra Lakeman of Lockport, New York. Lakeman’s husband, New York State Trooper Lawrence Lakeman, was among as many as 4,000 members of the state police who were sent to Manhattan in the wake of the attack on the World Trade Center. Lawrence Lakeman worked at Groun... Read More

WA - L&I Offering Grants for Safety, Return-to-Work Projects

06/25/2018 | 110 | 0

The Washington Department of Labor and Industries is accepting applications for annual grants that can be used to develop training courses, purchase equipment or implement strategies to protect workers and make workplaces safer. L&I said it will accept applications for the Safety and Health Investment Projects grant program through Sept. 21. Employers who qualify for grants can receive up to $175,000 to develop workplace safety programs. Employers who receive grant money are expected to complete projects within 18 months. “Grants are also available for projects that develop new way... Read More

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