Workers' Compensation News


	Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request for Lump-Sum Award, Increase in Compensation		08/13/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: SC \| Segment: SOUTH \| 144 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 14 min read
	The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that an electrical worker was not entitled to a lump-sum payment of benefits nor an increase in the calculation of his average weekly wage. ...Read More


	Court Tosses Award for Trucker Injured at Truck Stop While Dressing After Shower		08/13/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NJ \| Segment: NORTH \| 171 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 7 min read
	The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division ruled that an interstate truck driver was not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for injuries he sustained while dressing after a shower at a truck stop. ...Read More


	Contractor Must Pay Restitution After Underreporting Payroll for Two Years		08/13/2018

	State: OH \| Segment: NORTH \| 167 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 5 min read
	The owner of a construction business has been convicted of underreporting his payroll by $3.5 million, the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation reported Friday. ...Read More


	Continuation of Positive Trends Drives Recommended 2019 Rate Cut		08/10/2018
	By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
	State: CA \| Segment: Top \| 418 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 88 min read
	Positive trends including downward loss development, accelerating claim settlement rates, and a drop in both pharmaceutical costs and new lien filings are continuing to drive down rates in California. ...Read More


	Court Grants Partial Summary Judgment to Worker Who Fell From Truck		08/10/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 124 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 10 min read
	A New York appellate court ruled that a construction worker should have been granted summary judgment on parts of his Labor Law claim based on his fall from a truck while moving away from a suspended load of steel beams that was swinging in his direction. ...Read More


	Commissioner Jones to Chair NAIC Cannabis Committee		08/09/2018

	State: CA \| Segment: WEST \| 356 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 15 min read
	California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones will serve as chairman of a National Association of Insurance Commissioners committee that will hash out regulatory issues relating to insurance coverage for the ...Read More


	Committee Getting Close on Draft Bill to Increase Benefits		08/09/2018
	By: William Rabb (Reporter)
	State: AL \| Segment: Top \| 153 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 22 min read
	A study committee is just a week away from finalizing a draft of legislation that would take Alabama’s permanent partial disability benefits from the lowest in the country to something near the regional average, committee members said. ...Read More


	Contractor Accused of Pocketing $1.9 Million That Was Intended to Purchase Comp		08/09/2018

	State: IL \| Segment: NORTH \| 536 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 93 min read
	The owner of a trucking company that contracts with the U.S. Postal Service to help distribute mail was charged with pocketing more than $1.9 million by requesting reimbursement for workers’ compensation coverage that he never purchased, Illinois’ top law enforcement official announce...Read More


	Court Upholds Dismissal of Injured Aviation Mechanic's Claim for Additional Benefits		08/08/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: AZ \| Segment: WEST \| 88 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 6 min read
	An Arizona appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claim for additional benefits, finding he had waived any argument based on issue preclusion and that the medical expert evidence supported the judge’s ruling. ...Read More


	Contractor Cited After Arc Flash Burns Two Workers		08/08/2018

	State: TN \| Segment: SOUTH \| 162 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 17 min read
	The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Tennessee contractor after two workers suffered burns from an arc flash at a nuclear power plant. ...Read More

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TN - Advisory Council to Review NCCI Rate Filing

09/26/2018 | 37 | 0

Tennessee’s Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation will review the National Council on Compensation Insurance's filing for a proposed 19% rate cut during a meeting in Nashville on Oct. 11. The panel will hear from two actuaries who reviewed the filing: Mary Jean King of By the Numbers Actuarial Consulting, who is contracted with the advisory council; and Chris Burkhalter of Bickerstaff, Whatley, Ryan & Burkhalter, who was hired by the state Department of Commerce & Insurance. Dana Cunningham, a director and actuary for NCCI, will be on hand to respond to the r... Read More

IA - Division Delays Launch of Case Management System

09/26/2018 | 26 | 0

The Iowa Division of Workers' Compensation is postponing the rollout of its Workers’ Compensation Electronic System to make sure bugs are worked out before the system goes live. The division had planned to launch WCES on Dec. 3 but announced this week that it is delaying the launch so it can thoroughly test the system. The division hasn’t determined when the system will be able to go live. “Work will not stop on this project, and the division will publish a revised go-live date once we have agreement among the vendors and the division,” the DWC... Read More

CA - Mail Carrier Dies From Overheating After Return From Comp Injury

09/26/2018 | 32 | 0 | 1 min read

A 63-year-old U.S. Postal Service carrier who was found unconscious in her truck on the first day back to work after an injury died from hyperthermia, according to a report by the San Jose Mercury News. Peggy Frank died from overheating July 6, the Los Angeles County coroner concluded. The temperature reached 117 degrees in Woodland Hills on the day Frank was found in her mail truck, which didn’t have air conditioning. Officials from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the U.S. Postal Service opened a workplace safety investigation following the death. Frank ... Read More

OH - Two Plead Guilty to Working While Collecting Injury Benefits

09/25/2018 | 65 | 0 | 22 min read

Just a few weeks after claiming he was injured in 2016 while working at a restaurant, a Cleveland-area man went back to work. Now, he must pay some $4,000 in restitution and a $500 fine after pleading guilty last week to workers' compensation fraud. Anthony Caputo, 67, worked for four different employers while collecting benefits and never reported his employment, officials with the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation said in a news release. Most recently, investigators, acting on a tip, observed Caputo working as a valet at a hospital. “In fact, we found he went ba... Read More

ID - Industrial Commission Posts Opioid Presentation

09/25/2018 | 91 | 0 | 44 min read

The Idaho Industrial Commission posted to its website a slideshow and audit recording from a presentation about medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction in the workers’ compensation system. The session focuses on the scope of the opioid overuse epidemic, definitions of opioid use disorder, addiction and recovery, and evidence-based treatments for opioid use disorder. It also included a discussion about opioid agonists methadone and buprenorphine. Audio from the hour-long presentation is available here. Slides are here. ... Read More

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