Workers' Compensation News
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Court Establishes Requirements for Worker to Receive 'Extended' TTD Benefits | 04/20/2023 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a case of first impression, the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a worker did not establish his entitlement to extended temporary total disability benefits beyond the statutory 500-week cap. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Carrier Can't Pursue Reimbursement From Owners of Home Where Worker Was Hurt | 04/19/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a subcontractor’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier was not entitled to reimbursement for the benefits paid to an injured worker from the owners of the home where the accident happened. ...Read More | |||
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Court Splits on Whether Worker Preserved Claim of Error on Appeal | 04/19/2023 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a worker properly preserved his claim of error on the issue of whether he was entitled to industrial disability benefits for a combined shoulder and arm injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Mechanic's Claim From Car Accident | 04/17/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court overturned a denial of a mechanic’s claim for injuries from a car accident that occurred as he was driving to his employer’s shop to check some equipment for his employer. ...Read More | |||
| Committee Approves PTSD Presumption for State Nurses, Psychiatric Techs | 04/14/2023 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Assembly Insurance Committee unanimously passed a bill that would establish a rebuttable presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is a compensable workplace injury for nursing staff providing care to California prison inmates and state hospital patients. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Contractor Comp Bill | 04/13/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A policy committee of the California Assembly unanimously passed a bill that would require contractors to disclose the classification codes endorsed on their workers’ compensation policies. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Hypertension Benefits to Retired Police Chief | 04/12/2023 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court overturned a denial of benefits to a retired police officer for hypertension, finding the date of his appointment as police chief did not constitute a new date of hire. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Approves 10.2% Rate Cut | 04/07/2023 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Gary Anderson approved a 10.2% average rate cut for policies incepting on or after July 1. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Worker's Claims Against Property Owner, Contractor for Fall in Construction Area | 04/06/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court reinstated some of a worker’s claims against a property owner and contractor for her injuries from an alleged fall in an area undergoing renovations. ...Read More | |||
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Company's Good-Faith Effort Not Enough to Stop Man From Choosing Own Doctor | 04/06/2023 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals overturned a finding that an employer’s good-faith effort to provide an injured employee with a list of authorized physicians was sufficient to prevent him from choosing his own doctor. ...Read More | |||
