Workers' Compensation News
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Law Bars Employee's Suit Against District | 11/21/2023 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled that claims against the district as a substitute defendant under one law are barred by the exclusivity provision of another. ...Read More | |||
| Labor Contractors Sentenced to Jail for Fraud | 11/13/2023 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owners of several Northern California farm labor contracting companies were sentenced to jail for scheming to underreport payroll to reduce their work comp premiums, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Lawsuits: Governor's Coal Companies Owe Millions in Premiums | 11/07/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two carriers are asking a federal court to force companies affiliated with West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice to pay off more than $2 million in outstanding workers’ compensation and employer liability premiums. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Action Against Residential Property Owner Revived | 10/13/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a worker’s Labor Law action for his alleged injuries from a deck construction project, finding there was a triable issue as to the level of control the property owner exercised over him. ...Read More | |||
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Latest CompScope Report Finds Medical Payments Decreasing in Most Study States | 10/06/2023 | |
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| Source: Steve Nichols (News Contributor) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute said in the 24th edition of its CompScope Medical Benchmarks report that medical payments per claim decreased at least 3% in most of the states covered by the study. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Increases Fee Schedule Conversion Factors | 09/21/2023 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry announced that medical fee schedule conversion factors are increasing Oct. 1. The departme...Read More | |||
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L&I Proposes 4.9% Rate Increase for 2024 | 09/20/2023 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries on Tuesday proposed a 4.9% increase in the average hourly rate employers and workers will pay for work comp coverage next year. ...Read More | |||
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LASIE Holding Annual Conference in November | 09/14/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Louisiana Association of Self-Insured Employers is holding its 2023 annual conference Nov. 1-3 in Lake Charles. The conference will ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Pass TD Duration, Presumption Bills | 09/13/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers passed bills to discount time spent resolving medical treatment disputes from the aggregate cap on temporary disability benefits, expand post-traumatic stress disorder and skin cancer presumptions and preserve the PTSD presumption for four additional years....Read More | |||
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Last Injurious Exposure Rule Doesn't Apply to Insurer's Liability for Hearing Loss Claims | 09/11/2023 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Appellate Court of Maryland ruled that the last injurious exposure rule does not apply to the apportionment of liability among an employer’s insurers when a workers’ compensation claim is based on occupational hearing loss. ...Read More | |||
