Workers' Compensation News
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Increase in Worker's Impairment After Hardware Removal Doesn't Warrant PTD Award | 02/11/2025 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that a worker who suffered a 1% increase in impairment after the removal of hardware from her back did not prove a permanent total disability. ...Read More | |||
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ICA Proposes Fee Schedule Update | 02/05/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Industrial Commission of Arizona proposed a fee schedule update that will incorporate revisions in Medicare's payment system and 2025 American Medical Association Current Procedural Terminology. ...Read More | |||
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ICA Announces Increase in Mileage Reimbursement | 02/03/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Industrial Commission of Arizona announced that the personal mileage reimbursement rate increased for travel on or after Jan. 27. Injured worker...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Gets Summary Judgment for Slip-and-Fall Accident | 01/30/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his slip-and-fall accident. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 01/22/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claims. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Waits Too Long to Add Condition as Compensable Injury | 01/22/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an injured worker waited too long to seek compensation for an alleged injury that he sustained in addition to those for which his employer had accepted liability. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Who Quit New Job After 4 Days Gets Benefits Reinstated | 01/14/2025 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The District of Columbia’s highest court upheld an order to reinstate a worker’s benefits and vocational rehabilitation services when he quit his newfound employment after four days. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Department Webinar to Cover URA Application Tips | 01/13/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance is holding a webinar Jan. 30 to discuss utilization review agent application tips. The agency said the program will...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Fails to Prove Retaliatory Termination Claim | 01/06/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the denial of an injured worker’s claim of retaliatory termination. Case: Sanchez-Rolon v. Pa...Read More | |||
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ICA Warns of Mail Processing Delays | 12/30/2024 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Industrial Commission of Arizona announced that processing of mail sent to its claims and administrative law judge divisions may be delayed as it starts working with a new scanning vendor today. ...Read More | |||
