Workers' Compensation News
| Employer Succesfully Rebuts Statutory Presumotion of Compensability for Worker's Death | 12/30/2019 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker’s widow was not entitled to death benefits since his employer had successfully rebutted the statutory presumption that his unwitnessed death was work-related. Case: Matter of Kaplan v. New York City Transit Authority, N...Read More | |||
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Employer's Inequitable Conduct Bars Statute of Limitations Defense | 12/24/2019 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A narrowly divided Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that an employer could not raise a statute of limitations defense to avoid the medical bills it was obligated to pay. ...Read More | |||
| Exam Company Ordered to Pay $30,000 in Restitution to TMI | 12/23/2019 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Massachusetts-based company has been ordered to pay $30,000 in restitution, in connection with charges that it overbilled Texas Mutual Insurance Co. for functional capacity exams on injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Must Continue Providing Physician Panels to Worker | 12/19/2019 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled that an employer was obligated to continue providing panels of physicians to an injured employee after she made several unsuccessful selections. ...Read More | |||
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Exhaustive Report Recommends Broader Cancer Presumption, Cumulative Trauma Benefits | 12/18/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A long-awaited report from the Virginia legislature's audit and review commission — the first comprehensive look at the state's workers' compensation system in 30 years — should help fuel firefighters' push to expand the state's cancer presumption law. ...Read More | |||
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Eileen Auen Joins MedRisk Board of Directors | 12/18/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Health care consulting firm founder Eileen Auen joined the board of directors for MedRisk. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Convicted in Wildfire Death Case Sentenced to House Arrest | 12/16/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California man who employed the only person who died fighting the 2016 Soberanes Fire was sentenced to 300 days of house arrest after he was convicted on charges that included illegally operating without workers’ compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Not Entitled to Offset for Benefits to Police Officer | 12/13/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that a municipal employer was not entitled to an offset of the permanent total disability benefits owed to a police officer with post-traumatic stress disorder, since it had not overpaid compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Employment Test Takes Center Stage in Legislative Debate | 12/12/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New York lawmakers appear to be moving ahead with legislation that would bring a California-like employment test to the Empire State, and workers' compensation concerns are proving to be at the heart of the thorny issue. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Not Liable for Treatment by Out-of-State Doctor | 12/10/2019 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Supreme Court overturned an order requiring an employer to pay for the medical treatment a worker received from a doctor she unilaterally selected after moving out of state. ...Read More | |||
