Workers' Compensation News
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E-Signature Bill Set for August Hearing | 07/05/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on a bill that would authorize electronic signatures for workers’ compensation proceedings after lawmakers return from summer recess. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can Schedule 2nd IME With New Doctor but Must Prove Reasonableness | 07/02/2024 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Idaho Supreme Court ruled that an employer is not required to use only one physician to evaluate a discrete injury, but it has the burden of proving the reasonableness of a second evaluation by a different physician. ...Read More | |||
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E-Signature Bill Amended to Mirror Electronic Transaction Standards | 06/24/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would allow electronic signatures on documents and filings in proceedings before the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board was amended to conform to standards California lawmakers adopted in 2000. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Join Other Parties to Share Potential Liability for Fatal Claim | 06/18/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an administrative decision finding that an employer could not join another entity and its insurance carrier as liable parties for a worker’s fatal accident. ...Read More | |||
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Exposure Testing Law for Air Ambulance Workers Takes Effect | 06/12/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A law requiring the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and self-insured public employers to pay for diagnostic testing after air ambulance workers are exposed to certain hazards takes effect today. ...Read More | |||
| Ethics Committee Finds One Incident of Misconduct in Two Years | 05/30/2024 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Ethics Advisory Committee found a single instance of misconduct in complaints filed against comp judges in 2022 and 2023, according to a pair of reports the California Department of Industrial Relations recently posted to its website. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Partially Liable for Disability Can Claim Full Social Security Offset | 05/21/2024 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine ruled that an employer was entitled to take the full Social Security offset against its obligation for a worker’s benefits even though it was not the only party liable for his disability. ...Read More | |||
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Employer That Failed to Provide Treatment for Worker Can Still Direct Future Care | 05/15/2024 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Missouri appellate court ruled that an employer was entitled to direct a worker’s future medical care even though it had refused to pay for her treatment for more than a decade. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Hit With $1.7 Million Judgment for Misclassifying Workers, Underpaying Premiums | 05/02/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals upheld a $1.7 million judgment against an employer for deliberately misclassifying its workers and underpaying its premiums. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusive Remedy Shields Store From Sales Representative's Tort Claims | 05/01/2024 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled that a sales representative for a product vendor could not pursue a civil remedy from the store where he was injured. ...Read More | |||
