Workers' Compensation News
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Court: Worker Didn't Make Material Misrepresentation in Failing to Mention ER Visit | 04/07/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who failed to tell his treating providers about a prior emergency room visit did not make a material misrepresentation to obtain workers' compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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City Didn't Accept Compensability of Officer's COVID-19 by Paying Wage Continuation Benefits | 04/07/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The City of Philadelphia didn't inherently accept liability for COVID-19 claims by paying wage continuation benefits to police officers, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Contractor Ordered to Pay More Than $1M in Restitution for Comp Fraud | 04/04/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The San Diego County District Attorney's Office announced that a commercial plumbing contractor has been ordered to pay more than $1 million in restitution for insurance premium fraud. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Payment of Wages Isn't Acceptance of COVID-19 Compensability | 04/04/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a city’s payment of wage continuation benefits to a police officer after he contracted COVID-19 was not an acceptance of liability for his illness as compensable. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Authorization for Worker's Surgery | 04/04/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a denial of authorization for a worker’s surgery and related treatment for conditions that were never accepted as compensable. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Compensability for Worker's Cervical Disc Condition | 04/03/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned a denial of compensability for a worker’s cervical disc conditions, finding that the Board of Review committed a clear error in failing to consider a treating doctor’s opinion on causation. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Payment of Wages to Cop With COVID Wasn't in Lieu of Benefits | 04/02/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a city’s payment of wage continuation benefits to a police officer after she contracted COVID-19 was not an acceptance of liability for her illness as compensable. ...Read More | |||
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Construction Company Will Pay $191,750 for Misclassification | 04/02/2025 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Virginia-based masonry construction company will pay $191,750 for misclassifying nearly 60 members of its workforce as independent contractors and denying them benefits required by District of Columbia law. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Approves 8.67% Reduction in Loss Costs | 04/02/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Michael Humphreys approved an 8.67% average reduction in workers' compensation loss costs for policies incepting on or after April 1. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Board Erred in Denying Carrier's Application for Review | 04/01/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board that denied an insurance carrier’s application for review because the carrier failed to file separate copies of the application form for each of the claims involving the same worker. ...Read More | |||
