Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Cal/OSHA Hires More Investigators | 08/23/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health, commonly known as Cal/OSHA, has increased staffing in its Bureau of Investigations Unit to take on more probes into serious workplace injuries across the state. ...Read More | |||
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Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over Worker's Negligence Claim Against Colleague, Employer | 08/23/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over a worker’s negligence claims against a colleague and his employer arising from a motor vehicle accident. ...Read More | |||
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CHP Arrests Former Officer for Suspected Fraud | 08/21/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Highway Patrol announced that a former officer was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of workers’ compensation fraud. Jordan Lester, 4...Read More | |||
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Coal Miner Entitled to Presumption of Total Disability, Gets Black Lung Award | 08/21/2024 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that a coal miner was entitled to a presumption that he was totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis, and it upheld an award of black lung benefits to him. ...Read More | |||
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Crane Service Has Single Citation Reinstated, Another Dismissed | 08/21/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a citation against a crane service provider but reinstated another. Case: Secret...Read More | |||
