Workers' Compensation News
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Court Overturns Finding That Summer Camp Excursion Director Was Seasonal Employee | 04/09/2025 | |
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| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania overturned a finding that a summer camp’s excursion director was a seasonal employee and a finding that he had not suffered a neck injury in a fall from a rock-climbing tower. ...Read More | |||
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CHSWC Meets April 16 | 04/08/2025 | |
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| California’s labor-management panel is scheduled to meet in Sacramento on April 16. Members of the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers&...Read More | |||
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Court Vacates Exxon's $25 Million Recovery From Contractor's Umbrella Policy | 04/08/2025 | |
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| A Texas appellate court vacated an order directing a contractor’s carrier to contribute $25 million toward a settlement Exxon entered with three workers injured in a refinery explosion who had also accepted workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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CMS Posts Updated Set-Aside Reference Guide | 04/08/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on Monday posted an updated version of its guide for set-aside arrangements. All...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
