Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Worker's Award but Remands for Judge to Describe Compensable Injuries | 09/05/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award to an injured worker but sent the case back to the judge to provide a more specific description of the compensable conditions. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award for Carpal Tunnel, Denies Employer's Request to Take Offset | 09/05/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld an award of benefits for a worker with carpal tunnel syndrome and ruled that his employer was not entitled to an offset against its liability. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Wilkerson Retires Sept. 15 | 09/05/2024 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that Avery B. Wilkerson Jr. will retire, effective Sept. 15. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI Publishes Report on Average Benefit Payments | 08/30/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute published a report on trends in average benefit payments valued 24 months from the date of injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Modification of Worker's Status to Partially Disabled | 08/30/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the modification of a worker’s status from totally to partially disabled. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Employer's Challenge to Loss-of-Use Award | 08/29/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court rejected an employer’s challenge to a loss-of-use award to a worker who underwent a partial surgical amputation of his foot. ...Read More | |||
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CMS Holding Webinar on Reporting Rules | 08/29/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is holding a reporting webinar Sept. 12. The program will cover best practices and reminders for ...Read More | |||
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Comp Division Pitches Changes to Assessment Rules | 08/28/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oregon's Workers' Compensation Division has posted amendments to rules governing the assessment that supports the state's Workers' Benefit Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Another Repetitive Challenge to Constitutionality of IRE Process | 08/28/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected another repetitive challenge to the constitutionality of the state's new impairment rating evaluation process. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Miner's Third Claim for Black Lung Benefits | 08/26/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld the denial of a coal miner’s third claim for black lung benefits. Case: Hitt v. OWCP,...Read More | |||
