Workers' Compensation News
| Golden State Debates Electronic Reporting of Injury Data | 08/12/2019 | ||
| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Although the federal government has rolled back a requirement for employers to electronically submit more detailed information regarding workplace injuries, debate over such a proposal is now heating up in California. ...Read More | |||
| Godfrey's Legal Team Asks for $4 Million in $1.5 Million Verdict | 08/08/2019 | ||
| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a lawsuit that lasted seven years and cost Iowa taxpayers more than $3.5 million, the attorney for the former state workers' compensation commissioner is asking a judge to approve another $4.1 in legal fees. ...Read More | |||
| Group Self-Insurance Fund Can't Subrogate against Police Officer's 3rd-Party Tort Recovery | 08/06/2019 | ||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a group self-insurance fund that had paid benefits for a police officer’s injuries from a car accident was not entitled to subrogate against the officer’s third-party tort recovery. ...Read More | |||
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Gary Hagmueller Named CEO at Clara Analytics | 07/31/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Clara Analytics, a provider of artificial intelligence technology in the commercial insurance industry, has named Gary Hagmueller as chief executive officer, replacing Jayant Lakshmikanthan in the position. ...Read More | |||
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Gov. Signs Bill Eliminating Payroll Threshold for Farmworker Coverage | 07/19/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Smaller farms in New York will have to obtain workers’ compensation coverage for their workers, under a bill that takes effect Jan. 1, 2020. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs PTSD Bill for Some First Responders | 07/12/2019 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Gov. Ned Lamont on Wednesday signed Senate Bill 164, making mental stress compensable for some — but not all — first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Gov. Signs Law for Faster Stop-Work Orders; Report Calls for Steps to Stem Misclassification | 07/11/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New Jersey task force is recommending a robust, multipronged approach to fight the growing problem of worker misclassification, including legislation and new rules that would give state agencies more enforcement powers. One of the strongest measures the ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Presumption Bill Into Law | 07/09/2019 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| It's taken 12 years, several defeats in the Legislature and a veto by the former Republican governor, but a New Jersey bill to provide cancer presumption for first responders has finally made the law books. ...Read More | |||
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Growth Spurt Continues for Normandy Insurance | 07/08/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Normandy Insurance is now offering workers’ compensation insurance to businesses in Missouri, the company announced last week. Normandy has a...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Ending Immunity for Transit Ops | 06/28/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| What the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals took away in January, the New Jersey Legislature and the governor have restored in June. Just days after ...Read More | |||
