Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Declines Review in Challenge to SIB Rules | 02/11/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Supreme Court denied two petitions to review allegations that the Division of Workers' Compensation is improperly awarding supplemental income benefits to some injured workers who didn't provide proof they've been looking for jobs. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Electronic Service Bill | 02/07/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill that would presume parties agree to electronic service of documents such as subpoenas or legal summons. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Experience Rating, Subrogation Bill | 02/06/2025 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Indiana House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that would prohibit state agencies from not allowing employers with high experience ratings to bid on projects and require carriers to adjust experience ratings after successful subrogation actions. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Keep Noncompliant Employers From Assigned Risk Plan | 02/06/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that would exempt certain noncomplying employers from being placed in the state's assigned risk plan. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
