Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Reverses Appeals Court, Finds Move to AMA 6th Edition Constitutional | 01/11/2021 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday said a provision in a 2013 reform measure that required the use of the 6th edition of the American Medical Associations’ Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment was not unconstitutional, as an appellate court ruled in 2018. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Denies Injured Coal Miner Additional Vocational Services | 12/22/2020 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a coal miner was not entitled to additional vocational rehabilitation services despite his inability to find a new job using his computer training certificate. ...Read More | |||
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Horse Racing Comp Costs Increasing 10% to Cover Funding Shortfall | 12/21/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Per-start fees will increase 10% to cover a funding shortfall for the program that provides workers’ compensation coverage to the state’s horse racing industry, Thoroughbred Owners of California announced Friday. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Denial of Additional Medical Treatment | 12/18/2020 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of additional medical treatment for a worker’s ankle injury seven years after he was hurt. ...Read More | |||
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Hospital Group OK With Fee Changes, but Others Blast New Reimbursement Plan | 12/10/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida regulators heard from all sides Wednesday on a shift in the way medical reimbursement is determined, with hospitals supporting the changes but insurers and doctors' groups objecting. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Order for Truck Driver to Reimburse Benefit Payments | 11/23/2020 | |
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| State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Dakota Supreme Court upheld an order compelling a truck driver to repay the benefits he had received from Workforce Safety and Insurance for an out-of-state injury. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Executive Orders on COVID, Including Presumption | 11/13/2020 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Gov. Andy Beshear did not exceed his authority in issuing a series of executive orders relating to the COVID-19 emergency, including one that created a presumption that the disease is occupational for specified workers. ...Read More | |||
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Hand-Foot Enhanced Benefits Now Apply to Pending Claims | 11/04/2020 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| It took most of 2020, but a bill clarifying that expanded benefits for hand and foot injuries applies to some pending claims has been signed into law and is now in effect. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Establishes Standards for Exercising Jurisdiction Over Out-of-State Injury | 10/30/2020 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The highest court in Massachusetts ruled that the state had jurisdiction over a workers’ compensation claim filed by a resident who was injured outside the commonwealth. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Clarifies Calculation of Industrial Hearing Loss for Retired Firefighters | 10/28/2020 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Maryland’s highest court ruled that the average hearing loss for two retired firefighters was properly calculated by counting the number of years between their 50th birthdays and the date that each retired and were no longer exposed to industrial noise. ...Read More | |||
