Workers' Compensation News
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No Workers' Compensation Benefits for Security Officer Bitten by Ticks | 07/28/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of benefits to a security officer for his alleged injuries from tick bites. Case: Matter o...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Home Health Aide Who Fell in Client's Yard | 07/28/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a denial of benefits to a home health aide who fell as she was leaving her client’s residence. C...Read More | |||
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No Disability Retirement Benefits for Corrections Officer With Back Injury | 07/23/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a corrections officer with an old weightlifting injury was not entitled to disability retirement benefits after he became incapacitated from duty. ...Read More | |||
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No Viable Labor Law Claim for Worker Injured in Fall | 07/21/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claim based on his injuries from cleaning the windows of a retail store. ...Read More | |||
| NCCI Will Treat COVID-19 as Catastrophic Comp Event | 07/16/2021 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The COVID-19 pandemic will be treated as a catastrophic event in workers' compensation loss cost and rate filings, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Family of Worker Struck by Car | 07/15/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of benefits to the family of an undocumented worker who was killed when she was struck by a car while walking home after her shift. ...Read More | |||
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NJCRIB Announces Expansion of Inquiry Portal | 07/13/2021 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau announced the addition of an actuarial inquiry and assigned risk correspondence portals to its workers' compensation inquiry portal. ...Read More | |||
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Non-Medical Factors Remain Relevant in PTD Claims Against 2nd Injury Fund | 07/12/2021 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that non-medical factors such as age, education, work experience, training and physical condition remain proper considerations in determining whether a worker can establish a claim for permanent total disability benefits against the Second Injury Fund....Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker Who Failed to Link Back Injury to Job | 07/12/2021 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Supreme Court of Tennessee’s Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel upheld a denial of benefits to a worker for a back injury she blamed on her work activities. ...Read More | |||
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New Provider Fee Schedule Takes Effect Thursday | 07/12/2021 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The 2021 Official Connecticut Practitioner Fee Schedule will go into effect for services provided on or after July 15, the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission announced. ...Read More | |||
