Workers' Compensation News
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Market Stable and Prices Down, but OIR says Impact of '03 Reforms is Losing Steam | 01/18/2016 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Voluntary market rates in Florida dropped 60.3% since the 2003 reforms, but the impact of changes lawmakers made more than 10 years ago is petering out and likely "has reached its limit," according to the state Office of Insurance Regulation's 2015 annual report. ...Read More | |||
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Motion for Summary Judgment Filed Prior to Close of Discovery Wasn't Premature | 01/18/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim predicated on his fall from a ladder while working at a church, even though discovery in the case was not yet complete. ...Read More | |||
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Mileage Reimbursement Drops to 39 Cents | 01/18/2016 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Department of Workers' Claims reduced reimbursement for injured worker travel between Jan. 1 and March 31 to 39 cents per mile from 40 cents per mile. ...Read More | |||
| Maintenance Tax on Premiums Lowered | 01/14/2016 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Texas Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Ryan Brannan is lowering the maintenance tax rate paid on premiums collected by workers’ compensation insurance carriers. The tax rate for premiums collected in 2015 will be 1.478%, down from 1.533% in 2014. The maintenance tax su...Read More | |||
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Makeshift Platform Collapses, Paralyzing Worker, Prompts $97K in Fines | 01/14/2016 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An accident that paralyzed a Pennsylvania construction worker prompted an investigation by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and more than $97,000 in penalties against his employer and the general contractor. ...Read More | |||
| McCrory Appoints Head of New Misclassification Unit | 01/13/2016 | ||
| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A newly formed unit to crack down on North Carolina employers who fail to carry proper insurance for their employees will be headed by Bradley Hicks, a former investment house attorney and most recently a state business-development official. Hicks will lead the Employee Classification Sec...Read More | |||
| Mileage Rate Drops to 54 Cents for 2016 | 01/13/2016 | ||
| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Standard reimbursement for injured workers who have to travel to medical appointments in 2016 dropped to 54 cents per mile from 57.5 cents per mile, the Nevada Division of Industrial Relations announced. The division said its regulations require injured worker reimbursement rates be the s...Read More | |||
| Midkiff, Muncie and Ross Promotes 2 to Partner | 01/13/2016 | ||
| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Midkiff, Muncie & Ross law firm announced the promotion of attorneys Bryan M. Kirchner and Katharina Kreye Alcorn to partner. ...Read More | |||
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MKRS Adds Attorney to Broward Office | 01/13/2016 | |
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| Source: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Florida defense firm of Miller, Kagan, Rodriguez & Silver on Tuesday announced the expansion of its Broward office with the addition of attorney Shawna Lamb. ...Read More | |||
| Maximum Weekly Benefit Increasing to $978 | 01/11/2016 | ||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Maximum weekly workers' compensation benefits in Pennsylvania for 2016 increased 2.9% to $978 due to an increase in the state's average weekly wage, the Department of Labor & Industry announced last week. The maximum benefit was $951 for dates of injury in 2015 and $932 for da...Read More | |||
