Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Court of Existing Claims Judge Extends Her Own Term | 07/01/2022 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The lone judge on the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Court of Existing Claims on Thursday signed orders extending her term that was slated to expire at midnight. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns ALJ's Rejection of Citation Against Employer for Gas Leak | 07/01/2022 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals overturned an administrative law judge’s finding that the state Occupational Safety and Health Administration failed to establish an employer’s violation of a safety regulation that resulted in a natural gas leak. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Rejects Experience Rating COVID-19 Claims | 06/30/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara rejected the recommendation from an agency attorney that he approve a request from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau to start experience rating COVID-19 claims. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says IRE Physician Erred in Evaluating Only Accepted Conditions of Claim | 06/30/2022 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania reinstated a worker’s total disability benefits, finding an impairment rating evaluator had not been limited to assigning a disability rating only for the accepted work-related injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment Against Worker | 06/30/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment to an employer in a Labor Law claim for a pallet jack accident and granted summary judgment for the worker. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns WCB's Reduction of Worker's SLU Award | 06/29/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board reducing an injured worker’s schedule loss of use award. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Worker's Tort Claim Against Employer | 06/29/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the dismissal of an injured worker’s tort claims against his employer and its sole member of the business. ...Read More | |||
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CFO of Company Tied to Pacific Hospital Kickback Scheme Sentenced to 15 Months | 06/28/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal prosecutors said an accountant who enabled the owner of Pacific Hospital of Long Beach to pay more than $40 million in kickbacks to providers who referred thousands of comp patients for spinal surgeries was sentenced to 15 months in prison for a tax offense. ...Read More | |||
