Workers' Compensation News
| Employer's 'Gross Mistake' in Classifying Payroll Warranted Retroactive Premium Increases | 08/20/2014 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An employer who made a "gross mistake" in classifying its Ohio workers is liable for the increased premiums it should have been paying for its staff, retroactive for two years, the state's 10th...Read More | |||
| Employer Forfeited Challenge to Board Order to Pay Deposit to State Aggregate Fund | 08/20/2014 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an order by the Workers' Compensation Board compelling an employer to make a $341,123.64 deposit into the state aggregate trust fund to cover the cost of a worker's permanent total disability benefits from his Lyme disease....Read More | |||
| Employed Worker Can't Get Award for Permanent Total Disability, Court Says | 08/19/2014 | ||
| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: UT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Utah Court of Appeals published a decision holding that a worker who actually has a job can't collect permanent total disability benefits. While a seemingly obvious principle,...Read More | |||
| Ethics Committee Receives 34 Complaints, Finds one Judge Acted Inappropriately | 08/12/2014 | ||
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| Of 34 ethics complaints filed against California workers' compensation judges last year, the Workers' Compensation Ethics Advisory Committee found only one instance in which a judge violated the Code of Judicial Ethics or state ethics regulations, according to a report released Monday....Read More | |||
| Employer's Payments Under Short-Term Disability Plan Were Advance Payments of Compensation | 08/11/2014 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: DC | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The District of Columbia's highest court ruled that payments made from an employer-funded short-term disability policy to an employee who suffers a work-related injury are advance payments of compensation for purposes of the Workers' Compensation Act. Case: Felder v. District of C...Read More | |||
| Exel Inc. Faces $52,500 in OSHA Fines Related to Forklift Violations in Toledo | 08/11/2014 | ||
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| Exel Inc. faces proposed federal fines of $52,500 for safety violations involving forklifts at its automotive parts warehouse and distribution center in Toledo, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced....Read More | |||
| Employer Can't Be Held Liable in Tort for Doctor's Assault on Nurse, Court Rules | 08/08/2014 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: KY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Kentucky appellate court ruled that a nurse who was assaulted by a doctor could not hold her employer liable for this incident in tort, but it upheld the jury's award of $40,000 in damages against the doctor. Case: Powell v. Ashland Hospital Corp., ...Read More | |||
| Employers Must Apply for BWC Refunds under $420 Million Settlement by Sept. 22 | 08/05/2014 | ||
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| Employers seeking a refund in a recent $420 million settlement of a class-action case involving state Bureau of Workers’ Compensation-approved overcharges must apply by Sept. 22, the Columbus law firm Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease reported in a recent note to clients. As many as 2...Read More | |||
| Employer Liable for Cumulative Trauma even if Symptoms began before Hiring Claimant | 08/04/2014 | ||
| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: NE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A dentist and her insurance carrier are liable for benefits and medical care to a hygienist for her work-related cumulative trauma neck injury, even though the hygienist's symptoms and treatment had started long before she started working for the dentist, the N...Read More | |||
| Employer Not Liable for Worker's Death from Sitting still too long | 08/01/2014 | ||
| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The family of a telecommunications manager who died after working all night at her home office is not entitled to death benefits, a unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court ruled earlier this week. Cathleen Renner, a mother of three, died of a pulmonary embolism at the age of 47 after having sp...Read More | |||
