Workers' Compensation News


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

	State: OK \| Segment: SOUTH \| 143 \| 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 \| 93 \| 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 \| 122 \| 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


	Contractor, Staffing Firm Cited Following Trench Fatality		05/15/2018

	State: AL \| Segment: SOUTH \| 148 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 15 min read
	The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited contractor All Power Construction Corp. and staffing agency Labor Finders of Tennessee Inc. after a temporary employee installing sewer lines was killed in a trench collapse. ...Read More


	Court Overturns Denial of TTD for Worker Unable to Keep Running Family Farm		05/14/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: OH \| Segment: NORTH \| 118 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 3 min read
	An Ohio appellate court overturned the denial of a worker’s request for temporary total disability benefits, finding she had lost “wages” from her work on her family farm when she underwent surgery on her knee, even though she hadn’t been collecting a paycheck for her...Read More


	Court Partially Overturns Summary Judgment for Worker Injured by Falling Scrap Metal		05/14/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 115 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 7 min read
	A New York appellate court partially overturned a grant of summary judgment to a construction worker on his Labor Law claim based on his injuries from being struck by a falling piece of scrap metal. ...Read More


	Court Overturns Denial of Duty Disability Benefits for Cop Injured Working Side Job		05/11/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: AR \| Segment: SOUTH \| 156 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 23 min read
	The Arkansas Court of Appeals overturned a denial of a police officer’s application for duty-related disability retirement benefits for her injuries from a part-time job at a department store. ...Read More


	Court Upholds Forfeiture of Health Care Worker's Benefits for Lying About Condition		05/11/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: LA \| Segment: SOUTH \| 120 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 36 min read
	A Louisiana appellate court upheld a judge’s finding that a health care worker committed fraud by lying about her medical condition, forfeiting her entitlement to benefits. ...Read More


	City's WC Medical Bills Almost Doubled Under Suspended Risk Manager		05/11/2018

	State: NJ \| Segment: NORTH \| 209 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 61 min read
	Workers' compensation medical bills for the Paterson, New Jersey, school district skyrocketed in 2017 under a risk manager who is the brother of a longtime city councilman, the local newspaper reported. ...Read More

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WA - L&I Plans Meetings to Discuss Premium Rates

06/25/2018 | 49 | 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 | 52 | 0

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 | 62 | 0

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 | 90 | 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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