Workers' Compensation News
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Emergency Rule Authorizing Electronic Service of Med-Legal Report Expires | 02/22/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that an emergency rule providing a mechanism for electronic service of medical-legal reports expired by operation of law Friday. ...Read More | |||
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Extension of COVID-19 Presumption First Bill Passed in Session | 02/04/2022 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The first bill Minnesota lawmakers passed since returning to the Capitol at the end of January would extend the presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for frontline workers. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Delay in Payment of Benefits Doesn't Warrant Penalties | 01/28/2022 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to a penalty for the period in which his employer delayed paying benefits while it investigated his entitlement. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusive Remedy Bars Worker's Claim Against Property Owner for Rail Car Accident | 01/27/2022 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claim against a property owner as barred by the exclusive remedy provision of the state Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Waits Too Long to Assert Cross-Examination Right | 01/20/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an employer waived its right to cross-examine a worker’s attending physician by waiting too long. ...Read More | |||
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Employers Oppose Proposal to Eliminate Marital Status From Benefit Calculation | 01/19/2022 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Representatives for employers in Washington said that while they agree that the state’s rules for calculating indemnity benefits could stand revision, they don’t support a proposal that would address only differences in awards based on whether an injured worker is married. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Get Credit Against Benefits for CARES Act Compensation Paid to Worker | 01/12/2022 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an employer was not entitled to a credit against its payment of benefits to an injured employee for the federal pandemic benefits she had received. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Fails to Prove Worker's Allowed Claim for Aggravation Had Abated | 01/11/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the Industrial Commission’s determination that a worker’s allowed claim based on the aggravation of a preexisting arachnoid cyst had not yet abated. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Penalized for Failure to Authorize Surgery, Pay TTD | 12/28/2021 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was properly penalized for its failure to authorize a second surgery for an injured worker or pay temporary total disability benefits while she was unable to work. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusive Remedy Provision Doesn't Bar Worker's Suit Against Nursing Home | 12/15/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers’ Compensation Law did not bar a worker’s suit against a nursing home for her injuries in a fall. ...Read More | |||
