Workers' Compensation News


	Comp Professionals Launch Charity to Educate Children of Injured Workers		05/17/2018

	State: NH \| Segment: NORTH \| 79 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 47 min read
	Workers' compensation professionals in the Granite State have launched Kids' Chance of New Hampshire to provide scholarships for children of workers seriously injured or killed on the job. ...Read More


	Court Upholds TTD for Worker With Prior History of Shoulder Complaints		05/17/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: AR \| Segment: SOUTH \| 82 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 40 min read
	The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker for a shoulder injury from grabbing at a falling test tube. ...Read More


	Court Won't Enforce Worker's Alleged Agreement to Settle With 3rd-Party Tortfeasor		05/17/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: GA \| Segment: SOUTH \| 98 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 72 min read
	The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that a third-party tortfeasor was not entitled to enforcement of an injured worker’s alleged oral agreement to the settlement of her claim for damages, as a matter of law. ...Read More


	Chipotle Cuts Deal in Lawsuit Alleging Retaliatory Firing Over Comp Claim		05/16/2018

	State: CA \| Segment: WEST \| 975 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 104 min read
	Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. reached a confidential settlement over punitive damages with a California woman who had already been awarded $7.9 million in a lawsuit alleging wrongful termination in retaliation for filing a workers’ compensation claim, according to a report by the ...Read More


	Claim Filed Under False Name for Faked Injury Brings 1-Year Jail Sentence		05/16/2018

	State: CA \| Segment: WEST \| 658 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 18 min read
	A California man who used fake identification to file a claim for an injury that he was also faking was sentenced Tuesday to a year in jail for felony workers’ compensation fraud, according to Intercare Holdings Insurance Services. ...Read More


	Carriers Now Have Recourse on Second-Injury Fund Reimbursement Disputes		05/16/2018
	By: William Rabb (Reporter)
	State: NY \| Segment: Top \| 225 \| 1 \| Popular with Legal \| 24 min read
	For the better part of a year now, insurance carriers have been left in limbo, with no way to resolve disputes over reimbursement from New York's second-injury fund. ...Read More


	Commission to Start Using Skype for Appeal Deliberations		05/16/2018

	State: OK \| Segment: SOUTH \| 139 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 374 min read
	The Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission will soon start saving up to 9,600 miles and 160 hours of travel time annually by holding appeal deliberations via the Skype video-conferencing service, the commission announced Tuesday. ...Read More


	Court Upholds TTD Award for Worker After Brief Period of Re-Employment		05/15/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: DC \| Segment: SOUTH \| 91 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 31 min read
	The District of Columbia Court of Appeals upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker who had been on light duty restrictions when he lost his job with his employer, then found a new job and requested TTD for the time after he was fired from the new job. ...Read More


	Court Partially Revives Labor Law Claim Based on Alleged Skid Loader Defect		05/15/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 112 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 2 min read
	A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law claims based on his alleged injuries from a defective safety bar on a skid loader. ...Read More


	Court Rejects Labor Law Claim by Worker Who Slipped While Standing on Landscaping Rock		05/15/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 119 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 28 min read
	A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to a recovery under the Labor Law for his alleged fall while standing on a rock to access a sign that he admittedly could have reached while standing on the ground. ...Read More

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NY - Albany's Loss-of-Use Claims Spiked in 2017

06/22/2018 | 23 | 0

Payouts for loss-of-use claims in Albany spiked by 1,700% in 2017, leaving the city with almost $2 million in payouts to injured city workers, according to a local news report. But it could have been worse. City officials said a third-party administrator was able to shave $282,000 in administrative fees from workers' compensation claims, the Albany Times Union reported this week. Part of the reason for the spike in benefits payments may be a change in state law, which will reduce benefits in coming years. Claimants may have rushed to file claims in 2017 to reap higher rewards, ... Read More

RI - House Approves Limits on Uninsured Fund Payouts

06/22/2018 | 12 | 0

The Rhode Island House of Representatives this week passed a bill that will limit the amount that injured workers and their dependents could receive from the state's uninsured employer fund. Rep. Carol Hagan McEntee House Bill 8215, introduced by Democratic state Reps. Robert Craven and Carol Hagan McEntee, would rename the fund as the Rhode Island Uninsured Protection Fund and would limit benefit payments to a total of $50,000, plus attorneys' fees related to the claim. The employer would also be required to reimburse the fund for benefits paid to workers and for attorneys&#... Read More

NATL. - Church Mutual Appoints Assistant VP for Risk Control

06/21/2018 | 79 | 0 | 10 min read

Guy Russ Church Mutual Insurance Co. announced Wednesday the appointment of Guy Russ as assistant vice president of risk control. He will report to Kevin Root, executive vice president for operations. Church Mutual hired Russ in 2012 as director of program management. Since then, he has worked as information technology executive manager, assistant vice president of IT and assistant vice president of strategic resource management. Russ worked as a consultant for Church Mutual for four years before becoming an employee. Russ earned a bachelor of science degree in finance from Caroll C... Read More

NY - Contractor to Pay Restitution for Failure to Provide Coverage

06/21/2018 | 83 | 0 | 7 min read

An Upstate New York contractor was ordered to pay $8,500 in restitution and fines for failing to provide workers’ compensation insurance during a siding and roof repair project in Aurelius, the online edition of The Citizen newspaper reported. Stephen Pollot, of Waterloo, pleaded guilty Tuesday to failure to provide coverage, a felony. He admitted that his business, D&S Home Improvements, failed to provide coverage for seven employees in June 2015. Cayuga County Chief Assistant District Attorney Chris Valdina told the newspaper that New York State Police launched an investigation a... Read More

RI - Division Again Cuts Assessment Fee

06/21/2018 | 71 | 0 | 1 min read

The Rhode Island Division of Workers' Compensation has proposed another reduction in the assessment fee that goes to run the division, the agency announced this week. The fee would drop, from 5.75% to 5.25%, and would mark the fourth straight year that the division has cut the fee. In 2015, the rate was 6.5%. Based on last year's numbers, the decrease is expected to save insurers and self-insured employers more than $1 million. Workers’ comp premiums are based on a company’s payroll. With the growth of the economy and more Rhode Islanders working, the premium base h... Read More

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