Workers' Compensation News
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Hospital Worker Charged With Two-Dozen Counts Related to Comp Fraud | 02/10/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A nursing assistant in Bakersfield faces 24 charges related to workers’ compensation fraud after she allegedly lied to investigators about her injury, according to court records and media reports. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Denies Constitutional Challenge to Prop. 22 | 02/05/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Supreme Court declined to hear a constitutional challenge to the ballot initiative that allows gig companies to continue classifying drivers as independent contractors. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Eliminate Security Deposit, Clarify Benefit Reopening Process | 02/05/2021 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana state House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that would eliminate security deposit requirements for commercial carriers and declare that medical reports aren’t required with a joint petition to reopen medical benefits. ...Read More | |||
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House Calls for 60-Day Written Notice on Policy Cancellations | 02/05/2021 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Workers' compensation insurers will be barred from canceling policies without giving adequate notice to regulators and employers if a bill approved this week by the South Carolina House of Representatives becomes law. ...Read More | |||
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House Votes to Make Comp Commission a Special-Fund Agency Again | 02/05/2021 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi House of Representatives on Wednesday endorsed two bills that would once again make the state Workers' Compensation Commission a special-fund agency, mostly outside the reach of lawmakers who may be tempted to raid its reserves. ...Read More | |||
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High Court to Review Decision Holding Exclusive Remedy Doesn't Bar Privacy Act Claim | 02/02/2021 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Supreme Court granted leave for Symphony Bronzeville Park to appeal an appellate court decision holding that the exclusive remedy of workers’ compensation did not prohibit a worker from pursuing a lawsuit for alleged violations of the Biometric Information Privacy Act. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Denies Benefits to Server With Possible Meniscal Tear | 01/22/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a restaurant server was not entitled to benefits for a possible meniscal tear following an on-the-job fall. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill Extending Deadline for Mental Health Group Report | 01/21/2021 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Utah House of Representatives unanimously approved a measure that would extend until 2025 the deadline for the final report from a task force charged with studying the compensability of mental health claims for first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Hospital Employee Gets Benefits for Assault Injuries | 01/15/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a hospital employee who was assaulted as she left work is entitled to benefits. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Homeowners Get Dismissal of Labor Law Claim by Worker Who Fell From Ladder | 01/13/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court tossed a worker’s Labor Law and negligence claims against a pair of homeowners for his injuries from a fall while using a ladder. ...Read More | |||
