Workers' Compensation News
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En Banc WCAB Suspends Some Procedural Rules | 03/19/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, sitting en banc, suspended four procedural rules as a result of the state of emergency California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared and because of cities instituting “shelter in place” orders in response to COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Entitled to Dismissal of 3rd-Party Complaint for Indemnification | 03/16/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an employer was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a third-party complaint for indemnification and contribution for a worker’s injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Eight Long Islanders Charged With Payroll, Comp Fraud | 03/12/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Eight Long Island business owners have been charged with fraud after they allegedly underpaid the New York State Insurance Fund more than $133,000 in premiums, prosecutors said this week. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Maintains Ability to Object to Amputee's Award | 03/06/2020 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled that an employer’s failure to object to an order from the Office of Administrative Hearings did not prevent it from later objecting to a decision to accept a worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can Be Cited for Failing to Study Workplace Lead Exposure | 03/05/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was properly cited for failing to conduct quantifiable testing to measure lead exposure at its facility. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Failed to Timely Raise Voluntary Abandonment Defense | 03/05/2020 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a hearing officer’s failure to address whether a worker had voluntarily retired from the workforce was not a mistake of law. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Has No Subrogation Claim Against Settlement Paid by Negligent Provider | 02/11/2020 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland ruled that an employer does not have a subrogation right against damages that an employee received from a negligent, third-party health care provider. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Cannot Be Reimbursed for Litigation Costs Paid in Error | 02/10/2020 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court ruled that an employer cannot recoup costs from a claimant’s counsel where the employer is denied supersedeas and it is later determined that the award of litigation costs was made in error. ...Read More | |||
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EMT, Law Enforcement Presumption Passes Committee | 01/31/2020 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A committee in the New Mexico House of Representatives on Thursday voted 3-2 to pass a bill that would give emergency medical technicians and law enforcement officers the same presumption for post-traumatic stress disorder that applies to the state’s firefighters. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Object to Worker's Request for Change of Doctors | 01/30/2020 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled that principles of fairness barred an employer from objecting to a worker’s request for a change in doctors. ...Read More | |||
