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	House Passes First Budget in Two Years, but Governor Vows Veto		07/03/2017
	State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 379 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Illinois House passed its first full-year budget in two years, which includes a 32% hike in the personal income tax, but Gov. Bruce Rauner vowed to veto both measure should they pass the Senate. Fifteen Republicans broke ranks with Rauner and voted for the revenue bill, bringing the v...Read More

	High Court: Medical Records, Vocational Report Indicate Man Left Workforce Voluntarily		07/03/2017
	State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 377 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Supreme Court of Ohio held that a man who had his application for total disability benefits denied four times was not eligible for those benefits because the record indicated he had voluntarily left the workplace.  ...Read More

	Hanford Presumption Bills Resurface Briefly During Budget Talks		07/03/2017
	State: WA | Segment: WEST | 310 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
	Proposals to create a presumption that certain diseases are compensable for workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation surfaced briefly as Washington state lawmakers went to the brink in their negotiations over next year’s budget. ...Read More

	High Court Upholds Award for Worker's Fall on Public Sidewalk		06/30/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 462 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
	The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a worker was entitled to benefits for a slip-and-fall as she walked along an icy public sidewalk after clocking out for the day. ...Read More

	House Republicans Revive Proposals for Formulary, Medicare-Based Fee Schedule		06/26/2017
	By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter)
	State: IL | Segment: Top | 489 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Republicans in the Illinois House of Representatives are using the 10-day special session, called by the governor to get a budget passed, to take another run at overhauling the state’s workers’ compensation system with a Medicare-based fee schedule and drug formulary. ...Read More

	High Court: Tennessee Can Oversee Claim, Despite Arkansas-Based Employer		06/23/2017
	State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 457 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
	The Supreme Court of Tennessee's workers' compensation panel found that Tennessee courts had jurisdiction over two Tennessee truckers' workers' compensation claims because evidence existed of a "substantial connection between Tennessee and the employer-employee relationship.&...Read More

	High Court Reinstates Suspended Attorney, Finding Moral Change Occurred		06/23/2017
	State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 433 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
	The Minnesota Supreme Court has reinstated an attorney who worked as a legal assistant for three years without issue after his suspension. ...Read More

	Hearing Scheduled on Amendments to Filing of Notices of Appeal		06/23/2017
	State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 430 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation will hold a public hearing at 2 p.m. Aug. 16 on the filing of notices of appeal and other proposed amendments. The applicable rules are 0800-02-22.01 through 0800-02-22.05. Any party can appeal a workers’ compensation judge’s o...Read More

	Harbor Health Approved for Telemedicine in MPN		06/16/2017
	State: CA | Segment: WEST | 826 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Harbor Health Systems said Thursday that it has received approval by the California Division of Workers’ Compensation to offer telemedicine through its medical provider networks. ...Read More

	High Court: Inmates Not Entitled to Workers' Compensation Benefits		06/14/2017
	State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 402 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The West Virginia Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court's ruling that an inmate participating in a work-release program for the state does not qualify for workers' compensation benefits.  ...Read More