Workers' Compensation News
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Employer's Payment for Worker's Out-of-State Treatment Made His Comp Claim Timely
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01/15/2015
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a worker's claim for benefits, filed within two years after his employer last paid his benefits under the comp system of his home state of Florida, was not time-barred.
Case: Clark v. Summit Contractors Group, No. COA14-698, 12/31/2014, p...Read More
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Enrollment Now Open for NCRB's Assigned Risk Take-Out Credit Program
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01/14/2015
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Source: North Carolina Rate Bureau
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State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Other
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The North Carolina Rate Bureau has issued circulars regarding its Assigned Risk Take-Out Credit Program and the adoption of revisions to the pension tables in the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Statistical Plan Manual.
The Assigned Risk Take-Out Credit Program is designed to e...Read More
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Employer Has No Due Process Right to Cross-Examine Worker's Treating Doctors
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01/13/2015
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An employer's due process rights are not violated by its inability to cross-examine a worker's treating doctors about their opinions, as stated in the medical reports the worker submitted in support of his claim, the Illinois Appellate Court ruled.
Case: RG Construction Services v...Read More
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EDI on Workers' Compensation Board Meeting Agenda for Tuesday
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01/12/2015
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State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Maine Workers' Compensation Board will hear an update on electronic data interchange efforts and discuss other issues during a meeting in Augusta on Tuesday.
On the board's agenda:
Subcommittee reports.
Executive director report.
General coun...Read More
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Employer Can't Shift Liability for Worker's PTD from Lung Condition to Special Fund
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01/09/2015
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A New York appellate court ruled that an employer was not entitled to shift any liability for a worker's permanent and totally disabling lung problems to the Special Disability Fund.
Case: Matter of Surianello v. Consolidated Edison Co., No. 9044, 12/24/2014, published.
Facts:...Read More
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Estate Proved Occupational Link to Cancer
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12/15/2014
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The estate of a worker who died from ureteral cancer successfully proved a link between the disease and occupational exposure to a known carcinogen and is entitled to death benefits, a New York appellate court ruled.
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