Workers' Compensation News
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No Unemployment Benefits for Worker Who Resigned as Part of Comp Settlement | 09/20/2021 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a denial of unemployment benefits to a school custodian who resigned as part of the settlement deal for his workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker Claiming Aggravation of Preexisting Condition | 09/14/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a denial of benefits to a worker for his claim that his landscaping work aggravated a preexisting medical condition. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Rule Changes Have Greater Impact on Medical Costs Than Inflation | 09/13/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance said pandemic-related price inflation will have a greater effect on property lines such as home and auto than on workers’ compensation, where cost pressures are the result of changes to reimbursement rules and rates for medical services. ...Read More | |||
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Ninth Consecutive Cut Would Bring Rates Below $1 | 09/10/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oregon employers, on average, would pay less than $1 per $100 of payroll for workers’ compensation coverage in 2022 under a proposed rate cut the Department of Consumer and Business Services announced Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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No Additional Compensation for Injured Plumber Unable to Find New Job | 09/09/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a plumber was not entitled to additional benefits after the exhaustion of his schedule loss of use award, since his injury was not the sole cause of his impaired earning capacity. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Hotel Worker With Inconsistent Accounts of Injury, Symptom Magnification | 09/08/2021 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits to a hotel worker who provided inconsistent accounts of how she was injured and demonstrated signs of symptom magnification. ...Read More | |||
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No Labor Law Liability for Owner Lacking Connection to Worker | 09/08/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a property owner was entitled to summary judgment dismissing the Labor Law claims of a cable installer who allegedly fell while performing work for a tenant. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Study Finds 'No Convincing Evidence' That COVID-19 Impacted Access to Quality Care | 09/02/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A new study by the National Council on Compensation Insurance found there is "no convincing evidence" that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected injured workers’ access to quality care last year. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Holding AIS in May | 09/02/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance announced that it will hold its annual conference in May. The 2022 Annual Issues Symposi...Read More | |||
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NCCI Proposes 4.9% Rate Cut for 2022 | 08/31/2021 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance proposed an overall average 4.9% rate level decrease for the voluntary market, effective Jan. 1, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation announced Monday. ...Read More | |||
