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Workers' Compensation News

 
No Apportionment of Disability for Worker's preexisting symptomatic, but nondisabling, Condition 04/10/2015
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker's loss-of-use award for a shoulder injury should not have been apportioned between his accident and a preexisting shoulder that had never limited his ability to work. Case: Matter of Levitsky v. Garden Time, No. 518747, 03/26/2015, publis...Read More
 
 

No Benefits for Groundskeeper after Infection Resulted in partial Amputation of Foot 04/09/2015
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A long-time groundskeeper at a state park wasn't entitled to workers' compensation benefits for an infected foot wound since he did not establish a connection between his work and his injury, a New York appellate court ruled. ...Read More
 
 
No Comp Benefits for Chiropractor's alleged Injuries from Treating Patients 04/07/2015
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a chiropractor failed to establish his entitlement to benefits for his alleged injuries from treating patients, and that his testimony about his condition was lay testimony, not expert opinion testimony. Case: Khani v. Alliance Chiropractic, No. 2014-...Read More
 
 

NIOSH Includes E-Cigarettes in Workplace Smoking-Cessation Recommendations 04/07/2015
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
(image via shutterstock) The Nati...Read More
 
 
New Hospital and Surgery Center Fee Schedules in Effect, available for Purchase 04/02/2015
State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Connecticut's first-ever fee schedule for hospital and ambulatory surgery center services took effect on Wednesday. The Workers' Compensation Commission announced the change in a memorandum with instructions on how to purchase the fee schedule from vendor OptumInsight. The Salt La...Read More
 
 
No Assessment Needed for WC Security Fund this Year 03/31/2015
State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
Pennsylvania workers' compensation carriers will not be required this year to make contributions to the Workers' Compensation Security Fund, which pays for the cost of claims by liquidated carriers. Under state law, contributions are required only when the balance of the fund fall...Read More
 
 
No Benefits for Store Manager's Car Crash on Way to Work, after Helping Ex-Wife Move 03/31/2015
State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A worker's car accident while driving to work after conducting personal business in Alabama was not compensable, the Supreme Court of Tennessee's Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel ruled. Case: Autwell v. Back Yard Burgers, No. W2014-00232-SC-R3-WC, 03/16/2015, publis...Read More
 
 
Nurse without Symptoms from Chemical Exposure Injury Wasn't 'fully Recovered' 03/30/2015
By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
A Pennsylvania nurse who developed asthma from inhaling floor wax used at the hospital that employed her was entitled to continue receiving benefits after she took a lower-paying job at another facility, the Commonwealth Court ruled last week. Even though Nancy Little's asthma symptom...Read More
 
 
NCCI Files for 2.6% Loss-Cost Increase 03/30/2015
State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
With lost-time claim frequency on the rise, medical and indemnity costs ticking upward and combined ratios well above 100%, the National Council on Compensation Insurance has filed for a 2.6% loss-cost increase in Maine. The increase marks the third loss-cost filing in the last decad...Read More
 
 
No Benefits for Nurse who Fell while Walking to Hospital Cafeteria for Snack 03/26/2015
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical
The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that a nurse's fall, while she was heading to the hospital cafeteria for a snack break, did not occur within the course of her employment. Case: Stephanie Ganus v. St. Bernard's Hospital, No. CV-14-740, 03/11/2015, published. Facts: Step...Read More
 
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