Workers' Compensation News
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Court Finds Worker's Successive Occupational Pneumoconiosis Claim Timely | 05/03/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a worker’s successive claim for occupational pneumoconiosis, filed nearly four years after his last harmful exposure, was timely. ...Read More | |||
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CorVel Announces First Generative AI Initiative to Transform Claims and Case Management | 05/03/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| CorVel Corp. announced the integration of generative AI into its CareMC claims platform in a move it said would help reduce costs, minimize liability and improve care and claims oversight. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Verdict Allowing Benefits for Mechanic With Shoulder Injury | 05/02/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a jury verdict allowing a mechanic to receive benefits for a right shoulder condition that was causally related to a prior compensable left shoulder injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Uninsured Contractor's Application for Review | 05/01/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board denying review of a contractor’s claim that it could not be held liable for benefits to an uninsured contractor’s employee, since it was uninsured itself. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Carrier Shouldn't Have Been Sanctioned for Failing to Immediately Pay Lump Sum | 04/28/2023 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that an insurance carrier should not have been subject to penalties for failing to pay a worker’s benefits as a lump sum before his award became "final by operation of law." ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes MPN, TD Duration Bill | 04/27/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly Insurance Committee on Wednesday passed bills that would bring scheduling entities back into rosters for medical provider networks and exclude from the cap on the duration of temporary disability benefits any time spent waiting for the reversal of a utilization review dete...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Employer's Challenges to Admission of Medical Panel Report | 04/27/2023 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Utah Court of Appeals rejected an employer’s challenge to the admission of a report from a medical panel recommending additional treatment for an injured employee. ...Read More | |||
| CMS to Use Updated Life Table | 04/25/2023 | ||
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| The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that it would use an updated life table to calculate life expectancy for workers’ compensation set-asides later this month. CMS said it will begin using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Table ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Injured Worker's Retaliatory Discharge Claim | 04/24/2023 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Tennessee Court of Appeals upheld the summary dismissal of an injured carpenter’s claim that he was fired in retaliation for pursuing workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Tort Claim Over Employee's Death | 04/20/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court revived a daughter’s negligence claim over the death of her father, who was a medical clinic employee, for a fatal accident that happened as he was transporting building materials on a barge. ...Read More | |||
