Workers' Compensation News
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E-Filing Will Be Offline Around Thanksgiving While Data Is Moved to New System | 09/20/2019 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission's e-filing system will be shut down for a few days in November and December while files are moved to the new system, the commission said Thursday in a ...Read More | |||
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Employer 'Affirmed' Coverage Exclusion for Special Employees | 09/19/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a limiting endorsement that excluded workers’ compensation coverage for special employees could not be invalidated just because the special employer had not signed it. ...Read More | |||
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Employers Starts Selling Polices in Hawaii, Completing National Expansion | 09/05/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Employers Holdings Inc. announced that it is selling workers’ compensation policies in Hawaii, a move that completes its national expansion. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusive Remedy Provision Bars Railway Worker's FELA Claim | 09/03/2019 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Court of Special Appeals of Maryland ruled that the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act barred a railway worker’s suit under the Federal Employers Liability Act. ...Read More | |||
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Exoskeletons Evolve to Allow More Natural Movement | 08/28/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Exoskeletons — devices that have allowed some injured workers to walk again after becoming paralyzed below the waist — are now taking the next step: helping patients walk without using crutches. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Has Civil Immunity for Fatal Explosion | 08/26/2019 | |
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| State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled that an employer could not be subject to a civil suit for an explosion that killed one employee and injured another. ...Read More | |||
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Earned Premium, Policyholder Surplus Down in 2018 | 08/21/2019 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana State Fund saw both its policyholder surplus and net earned premium fall last year, according to the carrier’s 2018 annual report, released Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Experts Say Telemedicine About to Arrive for Work Comp | 08/15/2019 | |
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| By: Eddie Curran (correspondent) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Telemedicine remains in its infancy when it comes to treating injured workers, but change is coming, according to panelists speaking at the Workers' Compensation Institute’s 74th annual conference in Orlando. ...Read More | |||
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Experts Say Communicating With Injured Workers Can Keep Costs Down | 08/14/2019 | |
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| By: Eddie Curran (correspondent) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| ORLANDO, Florida — An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but if the goal is to keep the lawyer away — the subtext of many panels at the Workers' Compensation Institute’s 74th annual Workers' Compensation Educational Conference — then the best remedy may be just ...Read More | |||
| Employer Waited Too Long to Challenge Finding of Employment Relationship with Injured Worker | 08/12/2019 | ||
| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that an employer waited too long to a challenge to a finding that an injured worker had been its employee and is liable to reimburse the Uninsured Employers’ Fund for benefits paid to the worker. Case: Hideaway Bui...Read More | |||
