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	Employer Can't Terminate Benefits for Worker's Mental Injury		01/25/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: PA \| Segment: NORTH \| 238 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 87 min read
	The Commonwealth Court ruled that an employer was not entitled to terminate its payments of benefits for a worker’s panic disorder stemming from a bomb threat. ...Read More


	Exclusive Remedy Shielded Construction Manager From Civil Suit		01/24/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: PA \| Segment: NORTH \| 231 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 60 min read
	A federal appellate court ruled that Pennsylvania workers' compensation law barred an injured worker from pursuing a negligence claims against a project manager, as a matter of law. ...Read More


	Employers' Reform Proposals in Play for 2018 Session		01/18/2018

	State: WA \| Segment: WEST \| 279 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 52 min read
	An employer-backed bill proposing changes to subrogation rules, claim acceptance authority, occupational disease standards, the minimum age to settle a claim and how courts in Washington should construe the state’s workers’ compensation laws was carried over to the 2018 legislative se...Read More


	Employer Found Liable for Additional Premium		01/17/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: SC \| Segment: SOUTH \| 257 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal
	The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was liable for the payment of additional premiums to its insurance carrier because its workers’ compensation policy was subject to a loss-sensitive rate plan. ...Read More


	Employer Advocates Say Advisory Council Stacked in Favor of Labor		01/16/2018

	State: LA \| Segment: Top \| 507 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 91 min read
	An outgoing legislator who used to run the state Office of Workers’ Compensation, a current lawmaker, a defense attorney and an insurer group all say the Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council has become too partisan and is stacked against employers. ...Read More


	Employer's Failure to Raise Argument Before Board Forfeited Issue on Appeal		01/15/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 229 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal
	A New York appellate court ruled that an employer forfeited its argument that ulnar neuritis and cubital tunnel syndrome are the same condition by failing to raise the argument before the Workers’ Compensation Board. ...Read More


	Elder Drobot Ordered to Forfeit $10M in Personal Assets		01/12/2018

	State: CA \| Segment: WEST \| 1280 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 12 min read
	U.S. District Judge Josephine L. Staton ordered Michael D. Drobot to forfeit $10 million in personal assets at a hearing Wednesday afternoon. ...Read More


	El Paso Seminar Rescheduled for Health Care Providers		01/12/2018

	State: TX \| Segment: SOUTH \| 237 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance
	The Division of Workers’ Compensation and the El Paso Small Business Development Center have rescheduled a seminar for health care providers and staff. Instead of Feb. 8, the event will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 9 at El Paso Community College, ASC Auditorium, 9050 Viscount...Read More


	Exclusivity Shielded Employer From Civil Liability		01/11/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: KY \| Segment: SOUTH \| 228 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal
	The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that workers’ compensation exclusivity shielded an employer for civil liability for an employee’s car accident, even though the employee was unable to secure an award of benefits for her injuries under the workers’ compensation law of another ...Read More


	Employer Can Benefit From Discounted Rate Negotiated by Worker's Private Insurance Carrier		01/11/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: IL \| Segment: NORTH \| 249 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 1 min read
	The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that an employer’s liability for an injured worker’s medical benefits is limited to the amount actually paid to the treatment providers, even if they were paid at a discounted rate negotiated by the worker’s personal health insurance carri...Read More

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NY - Albany's Loss-of-Use Claims Spiked in 2017

06/22/2018 | 23 | 0

Payouts for loss-of-use claims in Albany spiked by 1,700% in 2017, leaving the city with almost $2 million in payouts to injured city workers, according to a local news report. But it could have been worse. City officials said a third-party administrator was able to shave $282,000 in administrative fees from workers' compensation claims, the Albany Times Union reported this week. Part of the reason for the spike in benefits payments may be a change in state law, which will reduce benefits in coming years. Claimants may have rushed to file claims in 2017 to reap higher rewards, ... Read More

RI - House Approves Limits on Uninsured Fund Payouts

06/22/2018 | 12 | 0

The Rhode Island House of Representatives this week passed a bill that will limit the amount that injured workers and their dependents could receive from the state's uninsured employer fund. Rep. Carol Hagan McEntee House Bill 8215, introduced by Democratic state Reps. Robert Craven and Carol Hagan McEntee, would rename the fund as the Rhode Island Uninsured Protection Fund and would limit benefit payments to a total of $50,000, plus attorneys' fees related to the claim. The employer would also be required to reimburse the fund for benefits paid to workers and for attorneys&#... Read More

NATL. - Church Mutual Appoints Assistant VP for Risk Control

06/21/2018 | 79 | 0 | 10 min read

Guy Russ Church Mutual Insurance Co. announced Wednesday the appointment of Guy Russ as assistant vice president of risk control. He will report to Kevin Root, executive vice president for operations. Church Mutual hired Russ in 2012 as director of program management. Since then, he has worked as information technology executive manager, assistant vice president of IT and assistant vice president of strategic resource management. Russ worked as a consultant for Church Mutual for four years before becoming an employee. Russ earned a bachelor of science degree in finance from Caroll C... Read More

NY - Contractor to Pay Restitution for Failure to Provide Coverage

06/21/2018 | 83 | 0 | 7 min read

An Upstate New York contractor was ordered to pay $8,500 in restitution and fines for failing to provide workers’ compensation insurance during a siding and roof repair project in Aurelius, the online edition of The Citizen newspaper reported. Stephen Pollot, of Waterloo, pleaded guilty Tuesday to failure to provide coverage, a felony. He admitted that his business, D&S Home Improvements, failed to provide coverage for seven employees in June 2015. Cayuga County Chief Assistant District Attorney Chris Valdina told the newspaper that New York State Police launched an investigation a... Read More

RI - Division Again Cuts Assessment Fee

06/21/2018 | 71 | 0 | 1 min read

The Rhode Island Division of Workers' Compensation has proposed another reduction in the assessment fee that goes to run the division, the agency announced this week. The fee would drop, from 5.75% to 5.25%, and would mark the fourth straight year that the division has cut the fee. In 2015, the rate was 6.5%. Based on last year's numbers, the decrease is expected to save insurers and self-insured employers more than $1 million. Workers’ comp premiums are based on a company’s payroll. With the growth of the economy and more Rhode Islanders working, the premium base h... Read More

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