Workers' Compensation News
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Court: Fatal Heart Attack Compensable, Worker's Adult Son Qualifies as Beneficiary | 07/24/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Illinois appeals court overturned the denial of death benefits to a deceased worker’s adult son, finding that the father's fatal heart attack was compensable and that the son was an eligible survivor. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Agencies Report Disruptions From Tech Outage | 07/22/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The software update that grounded airplanes and disrupted hospitals worldwide Friday also wreaked havoc on workers’ compensation regulators in some states. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Claim for Offset | 07/22/2024 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled that an automobile insurance provider was not entitled to summary judgment to offset its liability to an insured. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Modification of Worker's Benefits for Specific Loss | 07/22/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the modification of an injured worker’s benefits from wage loss to a specific loss based on the partial amputation of a toe. ...Read More | |||
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CHSWC Postpones Meeting | 07/19/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A labor-management advisory panel charged with meeting every other month to review California’s workers’ compensation system postponed a meeting scheduled for today. ...Read More | |||
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Crowdstrike Outage Hits Comp Agencies | 07/19/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| EDITOR’S NOTE: The New York State Workers Compensation Board said Friday afternoon that the majority of online services should now be restored. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Deadline for Contesting MMI Date | 07/19/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court rejected a worker’s constitutional challenge to the 90-day deadline for contesting a previously assessed maximum medical improvement date. ...Read More | |||
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Court Dismisses Employer's Challenge to Review Board Order | 07/19/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed an employer’s challenge to a decision of the Benefits Review Board remanding a worker’s motion to modify his partial disability award under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Court Publishes Decision Finding Privette Doctrine Required Dismissal of Worker's Suit | 07/17/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court has ordered publication of its decision from last month finding that the Privette doctrine entitled the defendants in a civil suit to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claim for injuries from a fall from a ladder inside a jet fuel tank. ...Read More | |||
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Co-Owner of Trucking Company Gets Deferred Adjudication for Fraud | 07/17/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance on Tuesday announced that the former co-owner of Bill Hall Jr. Trucking was sentenced to 10 years of deferred adjudication and ordered to pay restitution for her role in what’s been called a $9 million premium fraud scheme. ...Read More | |||
