Workers' Compensation News
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False Statements Lead to Loss of Benefits | 04/16/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that a former sheriff's department employee committed fraud by concealing her mental health history from her doctor and running her own business while she was supposedly disabled. ...Read More | |||
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Failure to List Specific Date Doesn't Render Application Incomplete | 04/13/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board should not have denied an application for review as incomplete just because the applicant failed to state the date of the hearing at which it raised an objection. ...Read More | |||
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Former Comp Board Chair Wants Federal Death Benefits for Workers Killed by Virus | 04/10/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Long before the coronavirus pandemic has subsided, families of frontline workers lost to the disease may face a stark reality: Even if they can show that a COVID-19 illness was work-related, death benefits vary widely from state to state. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Virus Act Means Paid Leave, but Sick Workers Could Also File Comp Claims | 04/02/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The federal coronavirus rescue law that took effect Wednesday sets in motion a number of new rules, issues and benefits that employers and workers should be aware of, workers' compensation lawyers around the country said Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Failure to Provide Dates for Objections Sinks Review Application | 04/01/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court said an employer’s failure to identify when it objected to a ruling warranted denial of its application for review. ...Read More | |||
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First Responders, Lawmaker Hope Governor Can Order COVID-19 Presumption | 03/31/2020 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| First responders in South Carolina, like their counterparts in Florida and Minnesota, are urging the governor to issue an order making COVID-19 illness compensable. ...Read More | |||
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First Responders Demand That Governors Order Comp Coverage for Quarantine | 03/30/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| With first responders and health workers now testing positive for COVID-19, their unions and attorneys in Florida and Minnesota are urging governors to order that they be covered by workers' compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Firm Will Ask Judge to Act if DWC Doesn't Give Guidance on Remote QME Exams | 03/27/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 7 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Southern California law firm representing qualified medical evaluators and injured workers will ask a judge next week to force the Division of Workers' Compensation to allow remote evaluations without fear of penalty in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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Former LAPD Officer Convicted of Fraud | 03/17/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former Los Angeles Police Department officer was ordered to perform 200 hours of community service and pay $42,663 in restitution after he was convicted on one count each of grand theft and insurance fraud, according to a report by ...Read More | |||
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Family of Electrocuted Worker Can't Get Civil Remedy From Employer | 03/13/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that the family of an electrocuted worker could not proceed with a civil suit against his employer, since the evidence did not establish gross negligence. ...Read More | |||
