Workers' Compensation News
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ICA Holding Webinars on Treatment Guides, Preauthorization | 06/03/2021 | |
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| The Industrial Commission of Arizona is holding webinars June 10 and June 23 to provide training on treatment guidelines and the preauthorization process. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Motorist Can't Hold Employer Liable for Allegedly At-Fault Driver's Negligence | 06/02/2021 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that an injured motorist could not hold liable the employer of an allegedly at-fault driver for an accident because the driver was not acting within the course and scope of his employment at the time of the collision. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Commissioner Approves WCIRB Sept. 1 Regulatory Filing | 05/12/2021 | |
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| California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has approved the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute’s Sept. 1, 2021, regulatory filing, the bureau said in a ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Company Sues Governor for $166K in Unpaid Comp Deductibles | 05/11/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New York-based Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. filed a lawsuit alleging West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice owes $166,000 on comp policies covering workers at a company he runs with his adult children, according to a report by the Charleston G...Read More | |||
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Investigation: Comp System Has Paid Hundreds of Thousands in Benefits to Dead Workers | 05/10/2021 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A special fund within Kentucky’s workers’ compensation system has been paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in benefits to deceased workers, including some who have been dead for years, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Can Seek Punitive Damages in Bad-Faith Suit | 05/07/2021 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court ruled that an injured worker provided enough evidence of willful or wanton misconduct by his employer’s insurance carrier to pursue punitive damages on his bad-faith claim. ...Read More | |||
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ICA Schedules Hearing on Special Fund Assessment | 05/04/2021 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Industrial Commission of Arizona is holding a public hearing May 27 to gather information regarding a 0.5% assessment. Carriers pay an assessm...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Can't Retain Double Recoveries | 05/04/2021 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to retain his double recovery of benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act and the Industrial Insurance Act. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Committee Approves Bill to Extend Skin Cancer Presumption to Parks and Wildlife Officers | 04/30/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California state Assembly Insurance Committee on Thursday unanimously approved a bill that would grant a skin cancer presumption to game wardens and state parks workers with law enforcement responsibilities. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Firefighter Gets Post-Protz Reinstatement of Total Disability Status | 04/30/2021 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an injured firefighter was entitled to reinstatement of his total disability status following the state Supreme Court’s decision to strike the impairment rating evaluation process from the Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
