Workers' Compensation News
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House Sends PTSD Bill to Governor | 03/06/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Florida House of Representatives on Monday gave final approval to a bill that would allow first responders to claim post-traumatic stress disorder as a compensable condition for workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
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House Approves IME Qualification, Pay Raise for Treating Firefighter Cancer Claims | 03/05/2018 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Hawaii House of Representatives passed bills that would set minimum qualification standards for doctors performing independent medical evaluations and increase reimbursement for treatment provided to firefighters with occupational cancer claims. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Extraterritorial, Teacher Coverage Bills | 03/01/2018 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wyoming House of Representatives passed bills that would allow workers’ compensation coverage to apply to people temporarily entering or leaving the state to work, and would eliminate the requirement that teaching special education be classified as extra-hazardous employment. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Study First-Responder Mental Health Issues | 02/28/2018 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Utah House of Representatives passed a bill that would create a workgroup to study first responders’ access to coverage for mental health issues. ...Read More | |||
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Halloween Attack on Trolley Operator Was Alleged Fraud Scheme | 02/26/2018 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority trolley operator has been charged with fraudulently collecting workers’ compensation and disability insurance benefits after allegedly paying someone to attack him on the job in 2016. ...Read More | |||
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Homeowners Had Immunity From Worker's Labor Law Claims | 02/26/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the owners of a residential property were immune from liability to a worker who allegedly suffered injuries during renovation of the home. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Extend Benefits to Fallen Officers' Families | 02/23/2018 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama House has passed a bill that would extend benefits to dependents of firefighters or police officers who die in the line of duty to age 18. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Place Self-Insurance Fund Under Another Agency | 02/22/2018 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A bill in the Kansas Legislature that would move the administration of the State Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurance Fund from the Department of Health and Environment to the Department of Administration has been passed by the House of Representatives. ...Read More | |||
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Hartford to Buy Farmers Small Commercial Business | 02/21/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Hartford announced a deal to acquire California-based Farmers Exchanges’ small commercial business sold through independent agents. Hartf...Read More | |||
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High Court Revives Worker's Labor Law Claim for Off-Site Accident | 02/21/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New York’s highest court on Tuesday ruled that a worker could proceed with his Labor Law claims based on injuries he sustained while fabricating steel rebar for a construction project in Manhattan, even though he fell while at a temporary work facility in another area. ...Read More | |||
