Workers' Compensation News
| Governor Signs Medical Cannabis Bill | 02/10/2022 | ||
| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Wednesday signed a bill that would permit the use of medical marijuana but would not require insurers to pay for it. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Appoints Thomas Christenson to Comp Appeals Court | 02/10/2022 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz appointed Thomas Christenson to serve as a judge on the state Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Extends COVID Presumption | 02/07/2022 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed into law a bill extending for another year the presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for frontline workers. ...Read More | |||
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Goldberg Segalla Welcomes Leigh Henjes to Comp Group | 02/02/2022 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Goldberg Segalla added Leigh Henjes to the firm’s workers’ compensation group in Philadelphia. ...Read More | |||
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Goldberg Segalla Adds to Teams in Manhattan, Princeton | 01/25/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Goldberg Segalla added Ayomikun Loye to the firm’s workers’ compensation group in New York and added Drew J. Wares to its work comp group in Princeton, New Jersey. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Parking Lot Coverage Bill | 01/14/2022 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy enacted legislation that effectively abrogates a 2014 state Supreme Court decision finding a worker injured while walking from a private parking garage to her workplace was not entitled to work comp benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Gov. Reinstates Public Health Emergency, Activating Presumption | 01/13/2022 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy reinstated a public health emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that will activate a workers’ compensation presumption under a bill the governor enacted in 2020. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Swears in Comp Court Judge | 01/12/2022 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee swore in five new judges, including an associate on the Workers’ Compensation Court, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Governor Proposes $1.5M Hike in SIBTF Funding | 01/11/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday proposed an additional $1.5 million in funding to increase staff working on claims involving the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund, starting in 2023. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Expanding Cancer Coverage to More Firefighters | 01/03/2022 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer enacted legislation that will allow firefighters who develop certain cancers to receive workers’ compensation benefits from the First Responder Presumed Coverage Fund. ...Read More | |||
