Workers' Compensation News
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High Court to Decide Whether Carrier Properly Commenced Suit Against 3rd Party to Recover Lien | 08/11/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will decide whether a comp carrier could bring a lawsuit against a motorist who was allegedly responsible for causing injuries to an insured’s employee. ...Read More | |||
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Hearing Representatives: Lien Declaration Requirement Causes Friction, Litigation | 08/09/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| VAN NUYS, California — Lien claimant hearing representatives sat around a table on Tuesday talking about what one of them called the latest roadblock erected for lien claimants: Labor Code Section 4903.05. ...Read More | |||
| Hockey Team Folds Over Work Comp Costs | 08/07/2017 | ||
| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Danbury's minor league hockey team is ceasing operations after two seasons, citing the high cost of workers' compensation insurance. Westfair Online rep...Read More | |||
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High Court Reinstates Claim Against Carrier, Finding Insufficient Proof of Policy Cancellation | 08/07/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Supreme Court reinstated a worker’s claim against a comp carrier, finding the carrier was not entitled to dismissal of the claim because it failed to prove it had canceled the employer’s policy prior to the date of the worker’s accident. ...Read More | |||
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High Court to Decide if DWC Has Jurisdiction Over Resident's N.Y. Injury Claim | 08/04/2017 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Jersey Supreme Court will review an appellate decision that granted the New Jersey Division of Workers' Compensation jurisdiction over a state resident's workers' compensation claim, even though he was injured in New York. ...Read More | |||
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Health Department Releases Opioid Prescribing Guidelines | 07/31/2017 | |
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| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Vermont Department of Health has released rules governing the prescribing of opioids after more than 25 meetings and conference calls with stakeholders. ...Read More | |||
| High Court Says Employer Can't Relitigate Extent of Worker's Impairment After He Got PPD Award | 07/25/2017 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: ME | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine ruled that the doctrine of res judicata prevents a party from seeking to change the permanent impairment level associated with an employee’s work-related injury after that level has been established by a prior decree. Case: Bailey v. City of Lewis...Read More | |||
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Hearing Postponed Again Over Contested Proposed Rule on Fee Disputes | 07/17/2017 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An administrative law judge has again postponed a hearing in which providers and their billing companies are opposing a proposed rule that would allow the Division of Workers’ Compensation to step aside from medical fee disputes that involve managed care contracts. ...Read More | |||
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Hearing to Be Held on New Rule to Charge Accidents to Surplus Fund | 07/13/2017 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation will hold a public hearing Aug. 14 on proposed Rule 4123-3-38, surplus fund charge of qualified motor vehicle accident claims. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Grants Shot Teacher Disability Retirement | 07/12/2017 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The Hawaii Supreme Court decided this week that a full-time public school teacher who was shot in the chest at school should get disability retirement benefits. ...Read More | |||
