Workers' Compensation News
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CHSWC Meets Dec. 16 | 12/07/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Members of California’s labor-management advisory panel could approve the posting of a draft of its 2022 annual report for feedback and public comment when it meets Dec. 16. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Untimely Malpractice Claim | 12/07/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a malpractice case against a law firm for its alleged mishandling of a settlement that required the consent of a workers’ compensation insurance carrier, finding the claim was time-barred. ...Read More | |||
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Cop Entitled to Benefits for PTSD Under Law Effective After Injury-Causing Event | 12/05/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court said a police officer who filed a claim for post-traumatic stress disorder after responding to a school shooting that left 17 people dead was eligible for indemnity benefits because while the incident happened before a change in state law, his disability didn’t beg...Read More | |||
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Court Says Physicians With Different Certifications Can Be in Same 'Specialty' | 12/05/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that a judge of compensation claims found that an employer did not authorize an appropriate one-time change physician for a worker’s finger injury based solely on the fact that the doctors had different board certifications. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Judge's Wrongful Termination Claim Transferred to Appellate Division | 12/02/2022 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New Jersey’s Appellate Court division is the proper venue for a former workers’ compensation judge to bring allegations that she was fired in retaliation for reporting concerns about unethical conduct among colleagues and co-workers, a trial judge ruled. ...Read More | |||
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Court Explains Calculation of Average Weekly Wage With 40-Hour Maximum | 12/02/2022 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Workers' Compensation Court clarified the proper calculation of an injured worker’s "average weekly wage received at the time of the injury, subject to a maximum of 40 hours a week." ...Read More | |||
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Contractor Faces More Than $414,000 in Fines for Fall Protection Violations | 12/02/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Proposing $363,890 in new penalties for a Middlefield contractor, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has placed C.R.H. Roofing LLC into its Severe Violator Enforcement Program after more than three years of failed inspections and unpaid fines, the agency announced Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Court Finds State Not Liable for Surgical Implant Reimbursements | 12/01/2022 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court issued dual decisions finding a self-proclaimed health care provider could not assert valid claims for reimbursement for spinal implants it provided to doctors for use on injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Exceeds Authority by Imposing Conditions on Worker's Future Medical Treatment | 11/30/2022 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Commission exceeded its authority in setting conditions for the provision of future medical treatment for an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Awards Against Employer, 2nd Injury Fund for Successive Disabilities | 11/30/2022 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the division of liability between an employer and the state Second Injury Fund for a worker’s successive disabilities. ...Read More | |||
