Workers' Compensation News
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Haxby to Lead ICC Adjusters' Group Meeting on Dec. 10
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11/19/2013
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State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The Idaho Industrial Commission's adjusters group will meet on Dec. 10 to discuss potential topics to present to the commission's Advisory Committee when it next meets in February.Kim Takaji of the commission says the ...Read More
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High Court Overturns Assumption-of-Risk Doctrine
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11/12/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: KS | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Kansas Supreme Court reversed its own prior case law and overturned the assumption-of-risk doctrine in a decision involving a burn injury to a farm mechanic who was not covered by the Workers' Compensation Act because of the state's agricultural exemption.The high court said ...Read More
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High Court Clarifies When Spouse Can be Paid for Care to Worker
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11/11/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The North Carolina Supreme Court on Friday issued two decisions clarifying that an injured worker does not need to obtain pre-approval for attendant care services from the Industrial Commission for the provider of those services to be compensated retroactively.Howeve...Read More
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High Court: Employer Can't Get Setoff from Jury's FELA Verdict
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11/05/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NE | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that a railway was not entitled to a set-off against a jury's award of damages to a worker for the difference between the amount of the worker's medical bills and the amount the railway paid for treatment after negotiating with the worker's medical p...Read More
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High Court Says Trooper's PTSD from Car Accident Is Compensable
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11/04/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court last week ruled that a state law enforcement officer who accidentally ran over a mentally disturbed woman in his patrol car – an incident that was captured on video – was entitled to an award of benefits for psychological distress....Read More
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Health Care Services Board to Review Shoulder Guideline
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11/01/2013
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State: MA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Massachusetts Health Care Services Board will meet Nov. 9 to review a proposed shoulder treatment guideline recommended by the Treatment Guideline Subcommittee.The meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. (EST) and will be held in Conference Room 10-140 of the Massachusetts Department of Indu...Read More
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High Court Clarifies Burden of Proof to Challenge Medical Treatment
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10/31/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: KY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a worker was entitled to continue treatment with a pain-management physician and narcotic medication since her employer failed to carry its burden to prove that this treatment was not reasonably necessary and causally related to her industrial back injury....Read More
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Health Dept. Official Appointed Director of State OSHA
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10/29/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Labor Commissioner Sherrie Hayashi announced Monday the appointment of Scott A. McKenzie as director of the Utah Occupational Safety & Health Division of the Utah Labor Commission.McKenzie holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Webster University and has earned h...Read More
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High Court Denies Rehearing of Dispute over Enhanced PTD Award
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10/29/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: KY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Kentucky Supreme Court last week denied an employer's request that it reconsider its determination that the employer was liable for an enhanced award of benefits to a worker's four-story fall down an elevator shaft during a failed attempted rescue from a stalled elevator car....Read More
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High Court Says Roustabout Not PTD under Odd-Lot Doctrine
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10/28/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A roustabout who was an insulin-dependent diabetic, blind in one eye and had lost part of a finger before suffering a compensable burn injury to his foot was not entitled to permanent total disability benefits under the odd-lot doctrine, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled....Read More
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