Workers' Compensation News
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Injured Worker Gets No Recovery on Tort Claim | 01/30/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an entry of judgment against an injured worker, finding the accident that injured him wasn't caused by the negligence of the transit authority whose bus struck the elevated lift in which he was standing. ...Read More | |||
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Investigators: Business Owner Short-Changed Carriers by $100k in Comp Premiums | 01/30/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Investigators with the state Department of Financial Services announced that the owner of a south Florida construction company was arrested on suspicion of concealing more than $2 million in payroll to avoid higher workers' compensation premiums. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Not Entitled to Additional TTD for Depression | 01/25/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a denial of temporary total disability benefits to an injured worker for her depression. Case: Sta...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Entitled to Additional TTD, Change in Doctors | 01/22/2024 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld an award of additional temporary total disability benefits to an injured worker, as well as an order for him to change authorized treating physicians. ...Read More | |||
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IAIABC Opens Registration for 2024 Forum | 12/19/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions opened registration for its 2024 Forum, set for April 8-10 in Cincinnati. ...Read More | |||
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ICW Group Names Sandy Smith VP of Risk Management | 12/06/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| ICW Group Insurance Cos. named Sandy Smith vice president of risk management and charged her with leading the company’s loss control services focused on workplace injury prevention. ...Read More | |||
| Injured Worker's Employer Had No Duty to Defend, Indemnity General Contractor | 11/30/2023 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for an injured worker’s employer, finding the employer had no duty to defend or indemnify the general contractor in charge of the jobsite where the worker was injured. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Department: Worker Faked Claims for Time Off, Free Health Care | 11/21/2023 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Idaho Department of Insurance said a woman in Boise who admitted to filing workers’ compensation claims for self-inflicted injuries because she wanted time off work and free health care was sentenced to 30 days in jail. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Department Posts Bulletin on Reporting Cyber Breaches | 11/17/2023 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance published a memo reminding carriers about their obligation to report cybersecurity events. State law...Read More | |||
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Insurance Department Approves 9.8% Loss Cost Reduction | 11/16/2023 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Insurance Department approved a 9.8% reduction in voluntary market loss costs and a 10.5% decrease in assigned risk plan rates for 2024. ...Read More | |||
