Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Can't Terminate TTD to Driver Who Received 500 Weeks of Benefits | 11/11/2022 | |
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| The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was not entitled to terminate payment of temporary total disability benefits to an injured truck driver, even though he had entered into a settlement agreement and received more than 500 weeks of benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Express Scripts to Pay $3.2M to Resolve Overcharging Allegations | 11/08/2022 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced that pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts has agreed to pay $3.2 million to settle allegations that it overcharged workers’ compensation payers for prescription drugs. ...Read More | |||
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Ethics Committee Finds No Judicial Misconduct | 10/21/2022 | |
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| An advisory panel that reviews complaints lodged against California’s workers’ compensation judges found no misconduct in any of the 20 cases it resolved in 2021, according to a new report. ...Read More | |||
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Emergency Med-Legal Telehealth Rules Extended | 10/20/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Wednesday announced an extension of emergency rules allowing remote medical-legal evaluations intended to give qualified medical evaluators and injured workers more flexibility to schedule exams during the pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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Employment Law Center Hosting Conference on National Comp Commission Report | 10/11/2022 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Wefel Center for Employment Law at St. Louis University is hosting a conference Tuesday that will reflect on the National Commission on State Workers’ Compensation Laws. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Fails to Offer Injured Worker Position Consistent With Permanent Restrictions | 10/11/2022 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld a determination that an employer failed to offer an injured worker a job that complied with his permanent restrictions from an elbow injury. ...Read More | |||
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Emergency Order Prohibits Cancellations, Non-Renewals for Two Months | 10/03/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier, acting on the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis, signed an executive order prohibiting carriers from canceling any policies for the next two months as the state works on repairing damage caused by Hurricane Ian. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Gets Summary Discharge of Worker's Retaliatory Termination Claim | 09/20/2022 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld the summary dismissal of an allegedly injured worker’s retaliatory discharge claim. ...Read More | |||
| Employer's 11-Month Delay in Giving Carrier Notice of Claim Not Unreasonable As Matter of Law | 09/14/2022 | ||
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Illinois appellate court ruled that an employer’s 11-month delay in giving notice of an injury to its insurance carrier was not unreasonable as a matter of law under the facts and circumstances of a particular worker’s case. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Get Reimbursement From Worker's Recoveries Under Auto Insurance Policies | 09/07/2022 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alabama Supreme Court rejected an employer’s claim for reimbursement of the benefits it had paid to an injured employee from his recovery under two uninsured motorist policies. ...Read More | |||
