Workers' Compensation News
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ICA Requires Face Coverings to Enter Buildings | 06/23/2020 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Industrial Commission of Arizona said anyone entering its buildings in Phoenix or Tucson will be required to wear a mask covering the nose and mouth. ...Read More | |||
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IAIABC Going Virtual With 106th Convention | 06/19/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions announced that its board of directors elected to hold the 106th convention in September as a virtual event due to the health risks and other challenges associated with an in-person conference during the COVID-19 pandemic....Read More | |||
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IWCC Issues Reminder on Distancing, Announces Additional Arbitration Dates | 06/11/2020 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission said it will add more dates for arbitration hearings in self-represented cases after lawyers and litigants packed into its Chicago office on Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Driver Can't Get Additional Recovery From Insurance Provider | 06/11/2020 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to additional recovery from his automobile insurance carrier for injures from a work-related accident caused by an underinsured driver. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Can't Bring Bad Faith Suit After Settling Civil Suit | 06/04/2020 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court ruled that an injured worker could not proceed with a bad faith claim against her employer’s claims administrator for failure to pay her medical bills after she settled a civil suit on the matter. ...Read More | |||
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ICA Announces Modified Hours for Phoenix Office | 06/03/2020 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Industrial Commission of Arizona announced that it will close its Phoenix office at 3 p.m. for the rest of the week. “Although the ICA Phoen...Read More | |||
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ICA Sets Annual Fee Schedule Hearing | 05/28/2020 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Industrial Commission of Arizona will hold its annual fee schedule public hearing as part of its regularly scheduled meeting June 25. The three p...Read More | |||
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Initiative to Exempt Drivers From AB 5 Qualifies for Ballot | 05/27/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California voters will have a chance to exempt drivers for companies including Uber and Lyft from the state’s new law that classifies them as employees. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Can Proceed With Civil Suit for Alleged Fall Down Stairs | 05/27/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker can proceed with a civil suit based on an alleged fall down a stairway while making a delivery to a grocery store. ...Read More | |||
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Invalidation of IRE Process Doesn't Entitle Worker to Automatic Reinstatement of Benefits | 05/22/2020 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an injured worker was not entitled to the automatic reinstatement of her total disability compensation after the state Supreme Court struck down the statutory impairment rating evaluation process as unconstitutional. ...Read More | |||
