Workers' Compensation News
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Comp Regulators Suspend 178 Medical Providers in 2022 | 10/04/2022 | |
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| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation and its Anti-Fraud Unit suspended 178 medical providers during the first eight months of 2022. ...Read More | |||
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Court Publishes Decision That Privette Doctrine Bars Worker's Claim | 09/30/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Court of Appeal for the 3rd District of California has ordered publication of its decision from earlier this month finding the Privette doctrine barred a worker from pursuing a tort claim against a property owner and its employee for his fall from a scaffold on the premises. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Maintenance Worker Waited Too Long to File Claim for Back Injury | 09/30/2022 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals upheld the dismissal of a maintenance worker’s claim for benefits for a back injury as time-barred. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Employer's Claim of Overpayment to Injured Stunt Performer | 09/29/2022 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court overturned the dismissal of an employer’s claim that it had overpaid benefits to an injured stunt performer. ...Read More | |||
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Cabinet Maker Faces $115,188 Penalty for Electrocution | 09/28/2022 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal workplace safety regulators fined an Alabama cabinet manufacturer $115,118 for eight safety violations uncovered while investigating an electrocution that happened in March. ...Read More | |||
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Columnist Says Pressure Building for Comp Reforms | 09/27/2022 | |
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| California political observer and columnist Dan Walters, in an editorial published by CalMatters Monday, said that pressure for workers’ compensation reforms is buildin...Read More | |||
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CWCI Bulletin Covers Pre-Pandemic Regional Differences in Claim Trends | 09/27/2022 | |
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| Injured workers in Los Angeles County tend to be older and have more experience than workers injured in other parts of the state, according to a California Workers’ Compensation Institute bulletin issued Monday. ...Read More | |||
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CHSWC to Discuss RFP Process at Oct. 6 Meeting | 09/26/2022 | |
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| Members of the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation will discuss the procedures for contracting with research organizations to undertake studies of issues relating to California’s comp system during an Oct. 6 meeting. ...Read More | |||
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Commission's Decision Complies With Scope of Remand Order to Revisit Worker's Credibility | 09/26/2022 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld an award of benefits to a worker after a prior remand order had directed the Workers’ Compensation Commission to revisit its adverse finding as to his credibility. ...Read More | |||
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Congress to Consider Expanding Beryllium Exposure Bill for Energy Workers | 09/26/2022 | |
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| The U.S. Senate read through legislation that would expand the federal occupational illness program for energy workers. ...Read More | |||
