Workers' Compensation News
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House Passes Bill to Increase Benefits for First Responder Mental Injuries | 02/05/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia House of Delegates unanimously passed a bill that doubles the duration of workers' compensation benefits available for law enforcement and firefighters with certain mental health injuries. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Terminate TD When Worker Is Released for RTW | 02/04/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana State House of Representatives passed a bill that would terminate temporary disability benefits automatically when a claimant is released to return to work. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Grants Review in Another WCAB Deadline Case | 01/31/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Supreme Court has granted review in another case involving a requirement for the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board to act on petitions for reconsideration within 60 days. ...Read More | |||
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House Unanimously Approves Bill to Increase Use of Physician Assistants | 01/29/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill that would facilitate increased use of physician assistants by removing provisions that limit when they can treat injured workers or conduct impairment rating evaluations. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: 2019 Law Allows Civil Action for Disease to Proceed | 01/28/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Supreme Court said legislation authorizing civil actions after the close of statutory limits for occupational disease claims applies to illnesses discovered after the law was enacted in 2019. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: Exclusivity Doesn't Apply to Estate Time-Barred From Pursuing Disease Claim | 01/24/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Exclusive remedy does not prohibit the estate of a deceased worker from suing the worker's former employer for negligence when the estate is otherwise time-barred from pursuing benefits under the Occupational Disease Act, a split Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Strikes Down Regulation on Compensability of Psychological Conditions | 01/13/2025 | |
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| State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled that Workforce Safety and Insurance exceeded its authority in promulgating a regulation that deprived a worker of benefits for the psychological conditions he developed after an accident left him quadriplegic. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Grants WCAB Appeal in Mayor Case | 12/18/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Supreme Court granted the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's request to review the appellate court decision prohibiting the WCAB from acting on petitions for reconsideration more than 60 days after they were filed. ...Read More | |||
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High Court to Review Applicability of Self-Dealing Prohibition to Pharmacies | 12/13/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted a petition to review a case that found the statutory prohibition on self-referrals prohibits physicians from sending injured workers to pharmacies in which they have a financial interest. ...Read More | |||
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High Court OKs Attorney Fees After Successful Appeal | 12/11/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday held that an appellate court did not err in remanding an issue of attorney fees to a trial court after it affirmed the lower court's judgment. ...Read More | |||
