Workers' Compensation News
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Compensation Premium Rate to Increase 3.8% | 11/27/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries on Tuesday announced that the average cost of workers’ compensation insurance will go up about 3.8% next year. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Employer's Challenge to Award as Frivolous | 11/27/2024 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Utah Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a truck driver for his injuries from a crash, finding that his employer’s challenge was frivolous. ...Read More | |||
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Change in Law for Terminating TTD Doesn't Apply Retroactively | 11/26/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a change in law regarding the operative date for terminating temporary total disability benefits does not apply retroactively. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Judge Can Rule on Law She Sponsored as Legislator | 11/26/2024 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey said a workers' compensation judge is not automatically disqualified from ruling on disputes involving a law she sponsored when she was a member of the state Assembly. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Coverage Dispute for Teacher's Mesothelioma | 11/25/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals revived a dispute between two insurance carriers over which of them was liable for a former high school teacher’s mesothelioma claim. ...Read More | |||
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Civil RICO Complaint Alleges Scheme to Stage Construction Accidents | 11/21/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A captive insurer serving New York's construction industry filed a civil racketeering complaint, alleging a widespread scheme to file phony workers' compensation and personal injury claims to exploit the state's Labor Law worker protections. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Disability Pension Benefits for Police Officer's Mental Injury | 11/21/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the denial of accidental disability pension benefits for a former police officer with a mental injury. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Awards Benefits on Theory of Causation Neither Argued Nor Pleaded by Worker | 11/21/2024 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Commission did not err in awarding benefits for a worker’s injury on a theory of causation that he neither argued nor pleaded. ...Read More | |||
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Court Finds Worker's Need for Shoulder Surgery Unrelated to Prior Work Accident | 11/20/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a worker failed to link her need for shoulder surgery to a prior work accident. Sanjanet...Read More | |||
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Comptroller: Max Benefit Formula 'In Range' of Peers, but Max Payment Lower Than Most | 11/20/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Although the formula for calculating temporary total disability benefits in New York is consistent with other large states and its neighbors, the actual maximum benefit in New York is lower than all peer states except New Jersey, according to a new report. ...Read More | |||
