Workers' Compensation News
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House Falls Just Short of Overriding Mutual Insurer Bill Veto | 10/27/2017 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 766 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Illinois' Democrat-controlled House failed to override Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto on a bill that would have created a state-chartered mutual insurance company to c...Read More | |||
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Half of Business Floors Don't Pass Slip Test, CNA Reports | 10/26/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 409 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Half of floors tested in a survey of business sites failed to meet national standards for slip resistance, according to a new report from insurance company CNA. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Hears Case on Compensability of Work-Trip Accidents | 10/25/2017 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 552 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 110 min read | |||
| The Kansas Supreme Court will decide whether a man who was hit by a drunk driver while walking back from a bar on a work trip is entitled to workers' compensation benefits, ...Read More | |||
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Hearing Scheduled on Affidavit of Exemption Regulation | 10/23/2017 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 468 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 64 min read | |||
| The Kansas Insurance Department has scheduled a public hearing Dec. 19 to consider the adoption of a proposed regulation regarding affidavits of exemption from the state workers’ compensation act. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Unanimously Upholds Constitutionality of Cap on Attorney Fees for Treatment Disputes | 10/13/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 832 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of the state’s statutory cap on attorney fees for successful protests of medical treatment denials. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Dismissal of Suit by State Trooper Injured During Taser Training | 10/09/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 651 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Vermont Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a state trooper’s negligence claims against two colleagues for injuries he sustained during a Taser training exercise. ...Read More | |||
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High Court to Consider Legality of Forbidding Injured Worker to Sue Employer's Client | 10/03/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 722 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Jersey Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case to determine whether workers can sign away their right to sue an employer's client for negligence if they are injured. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Overturns 8th DCA, Trial Court on Employer-Consent Issue | 10/02/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 593 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld a 2006 law that requires injured workers to get their employer's permission before rescheduling a court proceeding to reprove their entitlement to benefits. ...Read More | |||
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HEMIC Declares $3.5M Dividend | 09/29/2017 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 606 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The board of directors of Hawaii Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co. Inc. has declared a $3.5 million dividend to qualifying policyholders. This i...Read More | |||
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High Court Declines Jurisdiction Over Constitutional Challenge to TTD Cap, Subrogation Dispute | 09/22/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 661 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 34 min read | |||
| The Oklahoma Supreme Court has declined an opportunity to review a dispute involving subrogation issues and a challenge to the constitutionality of the state’s cap on temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
