Workers' Compensation News
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CWCI Posts Summary of 2024 Legislation | 10/03/2024 | |
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| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute published a bulletin listing bills of interest that Gov. Gavin Newsom enacted this year. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Appeal of Stay Order as Moot | 10/03/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal from an order staying enforcement of a workers’ compensation award pending judicial review because the review process was completed. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Jury Verdict for Railway on Prejudicial Evidentiary Error | 10/02/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court overturned a jury verdict in favor of a railway, finding that the trial judge prejudicially erred in excluding the testimony of an injured worker’s expert witness. ...Read More | |||
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Court Continues to Reject Repetitive Constitutional Challenges to IRE Process | 10/02/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania continues to reject repetitive challenges to the constitutionality of the state's new impairment rating evaluation process. ...Read More | |||
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Court Vacates $27.9M Restitution Order Over Lack of Offsets for Valid Services | 10/01/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| For the second time, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said a Southern California judge failed to consider the fair market value of services provided in ordering restitution or criminal forfeiture in a work comp kickback case. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Commission's Method for Determining Worker's AWW but Vacates Calculation | 10/01/2024 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Maryland Appellate Court ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Commission used an appropriate methodology to calculate a worker’s average weekly wages but miscalculated the amount by relying on an improper figure as his gross earnings. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Worker's Bid for Increase in PPD Award | 10/01/2024 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Hawaii’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent partial disability benefits for a worker’s knee injuries. Ca...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds UR Determination That Worker's Treatments Weren't Necessary | 09/30/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a utilization review determination that a worker’s ongoing treatments were neither reasonable nor necessary. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Attorney James Keefe Sr. Dies at 68 | 09/30/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Long-tenured Illinois workers’ compensation attorney James K. Keefe Sr. died at the age of 68. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Board Employee's Termination Justified | 09/30/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an arbitrator’s determination that a Workers' Compensation Board employee was properly terminated for misconduct. ...Read More | |||
