Workers' Compensation News


	Exclusive Remedy Bars Civil Suit for Allegedly Wrongful Delay in Treatment		09/25/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: CA \| Segment: WEST \| 574 \| 2 \| Popular with Legal \| 17 min read
	A federal trial court judge last week issued a tentative decision to dismiss a family’s second effort at suing a workers’ compensation insurance carrier and claims adjuster for wrongfully delaying treatment to an injured worker, resulting in her death. ...Read More


	Educational Conference Scheduled for Nov. 16		09/25/2018

	State: MA \| Segment: NORTH \| 81 \| 0 \| Popular with Other \| 12 min read
	The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents announced that registration has opened for the 10th Annual Workers’ Compensation Law Conference, to be held in Boston on Nov. 16. ...Read More


	Effort to Oust WC Director Could Top $4 Million in Legal Fees and Damages		09/25/2018

	State: IA \| Segment: NORTH \| 77 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 52 min read
	An effort by the governor to remove the former Iowa Workers' Compensation Commissioner from office has cost taxpayers $1 million in legal fees and could top $4 million in fees and damages before the fight is over. ...Read More


	Evidence of AMA Impairment Rating Can Be Introduced in Non-Comp Cases		09/24/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: CO \| Segment: WEST \| 80 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 6 min read
	The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that evidence of a person’s whole person impairment rating percentage is relevant even in a non-workers’ compensation personal injury case. ...Read More


	Ethics Board Clears Governor for Accepting Sedgwick Flights		09/24/2018

	State: IA \| Segment: NORTH \| 38 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 7 min read
	The Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board on Thursday cleared Gov. Kim Reynolds of any wrongdoing after she accepted trips on a private jet owned by a top official with claims-management company Sedgwick. ...Read More


	Employer Owed No Duty to Provide Medical Care to Worker Who Suffered Stroke		09/20/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: TX \| Segment: SOUTH \| 101 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 36 min read
	A Texas appellate court ruled that a worker could not proceed with a negligence claim against his employer for failing to provide medical assistance after he suffered a stroke at work. ...Read More


	Employer Must Indemnify Contractor for $108 Million Paid to Settle Suits		09/18/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NE \| Segment: NORTH \| 127 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 32 min read
	A unanimous Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that an employer was not shielded from an obligation to indemnify a contractor for the $108.9 million the contractor had paid to settle lawsuits after a fatal explosion. ...Read More


	Employer Can't Challenge Causation for Injury Found Compensable Under LHWCA		09/13/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: CT \| Segment: NORTH \| 75 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 12 min read
	The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that an employer could not challenge the causal connection between a worker's injury and his job because he had already established compensability under the federal Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More


	Emerge Diagnostics Partners With Trucking Industry Consultant		09/12/2018

	State: CA \| Segment: WEST \| 229 \| 0 \| Popular with Medical \| 14 min read
	Emerge Diagnostics, developer of a soft-tissue electro-diagnostic program, has announced a partnership with CasKen, a consulting company focused on the transportation, utility and property industries. ...Read More


	Encompass Hires Ramon Terrazas as Medical Director		09/11/2018

	State: CA \| Segment: WEST \| 207 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 24 min read
	Encompass Health Solutions, a provider of workers’ compensation services including nurse triage, has appointed Dr. Ramon Terrazas as medical director. ...Read More

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TN - Advisory Council to Review NCCI Rate Filing

09/26/2018 | 37 | 0

Tennessee’s Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation will review the National Council on Compensation Insurance's filing for a proposed 19% rate cut during a meeting in Nashville on Oct. 11. The panel will hear from two actuaries who reviewed the filing: Mary Jean King of By the Numbers Actuarial Consulting, who is contracted with the advisory council; and Chris Burkhalter of Bickerstaff, Whatley, Ryan & Burkhalter, who was hired by the state Department of Commerce & Insurance. Dana Cunningham, a director and actuary for NCCI, will be on hand to respond to the r... Read More

IA - Division Delays Launch of Case Management System

09/26/2018 | 26 | 0

The Iowa Division of Workers' Compensation is postponing the rollout of its Workers’ Compensation Electronic System to make sure bugs are worked out before the system goes live. The division had planned to launch WCES on Dec. 3 but announced this week that it is delaying the launch so it can thoroughly test the system. The division hasn’t determined when the system will be able to go live. “Work will not stop on this project, and the division will publish a revised go-live date once we have agreement among the vendors and the division,” the DWC... Read More

CA - Mail Carrier Dies From Overheating After Return From Comp Injury

09/26/2018 | 31 | 0 | 1 min read

A 63-year-old U.S. Postal Service carrier who was found unconscious in her truck on the first day back to work after an injury died from hyperthermia, according to a report by the San Jose Mercury News. Peggy Frank died from overheating July 6, the Los Angeles County coroner concluded. The temperature reached 117 degrees in Woodland Hills on the day Frank was found in her mail truck, which didn’t have air conditioning. Officials from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the U.S. Postal Service opened a workplace safety investigation following the death. Frank ... Read More

OH - Two Plead Guilty to Working While Collecting Injury Benefits

09/25/2018 | 65 | 0 | 22 min read

Just a few weeks after claiming he was injured in 2016 while working at a restaurant, a Cleveland-area man went back to work. Now, he must pay some $4,000 in restitution and a $500 fine after pleading guilty last week to workers' compensation fraud. Anthony Caputo, 67, worked for four different employers while collecting benefits and never reported his employment, officials with the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation said in a news release. Most recently, investigators, acting on a tip, observed Caputo working as a valet at a hospital. “In fact, we found he went ba... Read More

ID - Industrial Commission Posts Opioid Presentation

09/25/2018 | 91 | 0 | 44 min read

The Idaho Industrial Commission posted to its website a slideshow and audit recording from a presentation about medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction in the workers’ compensation system. The session focuses on the scope of the opioid overuse epidemic, definitions of opioid use disorder, addiction and recovery, and evidence-based treatments for opioid use disorder. It also included a discussion about opioid agonists methadone and buprenorphine. Audio from the hour-long presentation is available here. Slides are here. ... Read More

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