Workers' Compensation News
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Exclusive Remedy Bars Tort Suit Over Youth Counselor's Murder | 08/09/2021 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Supreme Court ruled that the exclusive remedy provision of the state Workers’ Compensation Act barred a youth counselor’s estate from pursuing a civil remedy for her murder at the hands of a resident in an independent living program. ...Read More | |||
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Employee Gets Benefits From Being Struck by Car Outside Workplace | 08/05/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a hospital worker who was struck by a car as he crossed a road outside his workplace. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Reduce TTD Benefits to Terminated Worker | 08/02/2021 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker was entitled to temporary total disability benefits after he was terminated from his position as a garbage collector and began working jobs that paid less than his pre-injury wages. ...Read More | |||
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Electronic Claim Forms Required Starting Sept. 1 | 07/29/2021 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that it will require certain claim forms to be submitted electronically starting Sept. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Ex-Mayor Indicted for Alleged Scheme Involving City's Comp Coverage | 07/29/2021 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal grand jury indicted the ex-mayor of a city in Southern Illinois for allegedly lying to investigators about his role in an insurance scheme involving the mayor of another city, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Employer Loses Ability to Demand Jury Trial in Premium Payment Dispute | 07/21/2021 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was not entitled to a jury trial against its insurance carrier over allegedly unpaid premiums. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Sentenced to Jail After Fatal Trench Accident | 07/20/2021 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The owner of a Colorado construction company has been sentenced to 10 months in jail for reckless endangerment and assault related to an employee’s death in a trench accident, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a statement Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Comp Webinar Thursday | 07/12/2021 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Chamber of Commerce is hosting a webinar Thursday to provide a workers’ compensation update for employers. ...Read More | |||
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Employers Can Avoid More COVID Headaches by Treating All Workers as Unvaccinated, Expert Says | 07/08/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s COVID-19 workplace safety standards will remain in effect until January, but employers might be able to lessen their regulatory burden by treating all workers as unvaccinated, a risk management consultant said. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Gets New Hearing on Worker's Claim for Opioids | 07/08/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a self-insured employer was entitled to a new hearing on a worker’s request for payment for opioid medication to treat chronic pain. ...Read More | |||
