Workers' Compensation News
|
Goldberg Segalla Adds Attorneys in Buffalo, Princeton | 05/11/2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: NA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| Goldberg Segalla announced the addition of attorneys to workers’ compensation defense groups in Buffalo, New York, and Princeton, New Jersey. ...Read More | |||
|
Governor Signs Presumption Bill | 05/09/2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a bill expanding the types of cancers that are presumed compensable for firefighters. The governor on Thursday...Read More | |||
|
Governor Signs Comp Bills | 05/05/2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Maryland Gov. Wes Moore enacted bills that would limit when special benefits paid to firefighters can offset work comp obligations, allow garnishing up to a quarter of indemnity benefits to cover unpaid child support and allow coverage for hernias resulting from repetitive trauma. ...Read More | |||
|
Gregory Grinberg to Manage New Offices for Tobin Lucks | 05/03/2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation defense firm Tobin Lucks announced that attorney Gregory Grinberg is joining as an equity partner to manage a newly opened office in Northern California. ...Read More | |||
|
Governor Signs Bill Reducing Ownership Threshold for Comp Exemption | 05/02/2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte enacted a bill lowering the ownership threshold for corporate officers and managers to be exempted from workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
|
Gender Equity Analysis Bill Lands on Suspense File | 04/26/2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Members of the Senate Appropriations Committee put a hold on a bill that would require the Division of Workers’ Compensation to conduct an analysis of gender-based differences in benefits provided to injured workers. ...Read More | |||
|
Governor Appoints Amylee Simonovich to Comp Commission | 04/25/2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Gov. J.B. Pritzker appointed Amylee Simonovich as a commissioner of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. ...Read More | |||
|
Gig Workers, Employers Assert Potentially Viable Equal Protection Challenge to AB 5 | 03/31/2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the plaintiffs challenging the enforcement of California Assembly Bill 5 plausibly alleged that the legislation violated principles of equal protection and that they should have been allowed to proceed with their claim. ...Read More | |||
|
Governor Approves Lump Sum Settlement Bill | 03/31/2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a bill reinstating a statute allowing injured workers with a permanent partial disability of 30% or less to choose a lump sum payment. ...Read More | |||
|
Gilson Daub Appoints O.C. Managing Partner | 03/28/2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gilson Daub, a leading workers’ compensation defense and subrogation law firm, announced that Julio E. Martinez joined the organization as managing partner of its headquarters office in San Clemente. ...Read More | |||
