Workers' Compensation News
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NFL Player's Injury Shines Spotlight on Whether Pro Athletes Can Receive Comp Benefits | 06/02/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| When Denver Broncos offensive lineman Ja’Wuan James followed his union leaders’ advice and stayed away from team facilities to conduct his own workout last month, he might not have imagined potentially losing millions of dollars and starting a war of words with his very own union....Read More | |||
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NJCRIB Announces USR Error Search Service | 05/26/2021 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau announced the addition of a new feature that allows carriers to quickly search for unit statistical reports that failed the bureau’s edit process. ...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment in Dispute Over Lifting Injury | 05/26/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment to a worker for his job site injury and overturned a grant of summary judgment to a contractor on its indemnification claim. ...Read More | |||
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Nicole Rathsam Joins ICW Group as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | 05/25/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| ICW Group Insurance Cos., a leading group of property and casualty carriers, named Nicole Rathsam senior vice president and chief financial officer in charge of driving the company’s financial strategy to support long-term growth targets for its workers’ compensation, assume...Read More | |||
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No PTD Benefits for Worker With Suspected Symptom Magnification | 05/20/2021 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a denial of permanent total disability benefits to a worker based on the opinions of doctors who reported symptom-magnification and inconsistencies in his reported condition. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Will Donate $25,000 to Help Children of Injured Workers | 05/19/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance says it will donate $25,000 to support children whose parents were injured or killed in work-related accidents, the organization announced in a ...Read More | |||
| No PTD Benefits for Worker who Suffered Amputation of Right Arm | 05/18/2021 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of permanent total disability benefits to a worker who lost his right arm in an industrial accident holding sufficient evidence supported a finding the person still had the capacity for gainful employment. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Comp Industry Remains Healthy Despite Pandemic-Caused Premium Dip in 2020 | 05/13/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Net written premium dropped 10% in 2020, but workers’ compensation systems across the U.S. appear to have weathered the COVID-19 pandemic, as carriers fielded fewer virus-related claims than anticipated and wrapped up another profitable year, according to the National Council on Compensatio...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Court Employee Who Fell Into Sinkhole | 05/12/2021 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court upheld a denial of benefits to a court employee who fell into a sinkhole as she arrived for work. Case: ...Read More | |||
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No PTD Award for Worker With PTSD From Sexual Exploitation by Doctor | 05/11/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a worker who was sexually exploited by her treating physician was not entitled to a permanent total disability award. ...Read More | |||
