Workers' Compensation News
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CWCI: Med-Legal Costs Soar Following Changes | 07/06/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Payments for medical-legal services to resolve disputes over compensability issues in workplace injury claims have risen “sharply” under the new medical-legal fee schedule that took effect in 2021, according to a California Workers’ Compensation Institute study. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Benefits to Worker for Alleged Exposure to COVID-19 | 07/06/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a denial of benefits to a worker for his alleged on-the-job exposure to COVID-19. Case: Yeager v. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Carrier Unreasonably Denied Benefits for Worker Injured by Argon Gas Exposure | 07/06/2022 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that the conservator for a worker injured by exposure to argon gas established the compensability of his injuries and that she was entitled to a recovery of her costs, attorney fees and an award of penalties. ...Read More | |||
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Court Increases Worker's Awards of Penalties, Attorney Fees From Employer | 07/06/2022 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court increased an injured worker’s awards of penalties and attorney fees for his employer’s failure to pay for his medical treatment, its delay in approving his choice of doctor and its bad-faith conduct in discovery. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Gets Summary Judgment Dismissing Contribution, Indemnity Claims Against Employer | 07/06/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier should have been granted summary judgment dismissing the indemnification and contribution claims against its insured, the employer of an injured employee. ...Read More | |||
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Conservator for Murdered Worker's Children Can't Get Comp Settlement Set Aside | 07/05/2022 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals denied a request filed by the conservator of a murdered worker’s five children to set aside the settlement of a workers’ compensation claim that had been accepted by his predecessor. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Act 111's Credit Provisions | 07/05/2022 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected a worker’s claim that Act 111’s provisions allowing employers to credit previously paid benefits weeks are unconstitutional. ...Read More | |||
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City Can't Get Dismissal of Claims for Fatal Accident, Gets Conditional Indemnification | 07/05/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the City of New York was not entitled to dismissal of the Labor Law and negligence claims against it based on a worker’s fatal accident, but it was entitled to conditional indemnification from other entities. ...Read More | |||
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Committees Pass COVID Presumption, Fraud Investigation Bills | 07/01/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Policy committees in the California Senate passed bills that would extend COVID-19 presumptions and review the process for carriers, prosecutors and regulators to work together to fight workers’ compensation fraud. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Issues Bulletin on Carrier Bias, Discrimination | 07/01/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a bulletin Thursday reminding carriers that they are prohibited from using consumer data in biased or discriminatory ways. ...Read More | |||
