Workers' Compensation News
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Ethics Committee Affirms Violations on Five Complaints | 08/30/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Ethics Advisory Committee identified five violations of judicial ethics following investigations into judges accused of having a share in a law firm that appears before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, allowing a court reporter to object to the way an...Read More | |||
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Evidence of Worker's Employability Supported Reduction of Lost-Earning Capacity Rating | 08/30/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the reduction of a worker’s lost wage-earning capacity, from 50% to 20%, based on evidence that she was able to work in sedentary and light-duty positions, earning at least the minimum wage. ...Read More | |||
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EnableComp Names Scott Bagwell to Board of Directors | 08/29/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| EnableComp LLC, a provider of workers' compensation billing and collection services for health care facilities, has added Scott Bagwell to its board of directors. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Subjected to Sanctions for Improper Termination of Benefits | 08/28/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court ruled that an out-of-state employer was subject to penalties for improperly terminating payment of benefits to an injured employee after a judge found Pennsylvania had jurisdiction over the worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Has 30 Days From Receiving Final UR Decision to Request Reopening of Claim | 08/23/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that an employer has 30 days after receiving a final utilization review decision to file a request to reopen a worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
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Employer That Denied Claim Without Basic Investigation Owes Bad-Faith Penalties | 08/20/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An employer that failed to conduct even a basic investigation into a workers' claim before closing the case is liable for administrative penalties under Industrial Commission regulations that prohibit unfair claims practices. ...Read More | |||
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Electric Shock Injury Didn't Cause Total Loss of Use of Hands | 08/17/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court ruled that a lineman who sustained severe electric shock injuries to both hands had not suffered the complete loss of use of either hand. ...Read More | |||
| Employers Seek to Certify Class in Applied Underwriters Lawsuit | 08/14/2018 | ||
| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A group of small and mid-sized California businesses who say they fell victim to a sophisticated insurance scam involving the EquityComp and SolutionOne programs are asking a federal judge to certify their class in an unfair competition complaint. ...Read More | |||
| Employer May Adjust Benefits To Worker Who Rejected Modified Work | 08/14/2018 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an employer was entitled to a modification of its payment of benefits to a worker who had rejected its offers of modified work, and that the worker was not entitled to expand the scope of his claim to include additional conditions. Case: P...Read More | |||
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Employer Rebutted Presumption of 100% Industrial Loss | 08/09/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that an employer successfully rebutted the presumption that a worker who was unable to return to his old job had suffered a 100% industrial loss of use of his injured arm. ...Read More | |||
