Workers' Compensation News
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NCCI Filing: Don't Count Virus Claims in X-Mod | 07/10/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance is proposing to exclude COVID-19 claims from employers' experience modifications, for rates that take effect in August and later. ...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Worker's Alleged Fall | 07/09/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a group of property owners was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s Labor Law and negligence claims predicated on his slip and fall on mud at a work site. ...Read More | |||
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NYCIRB Report Suggests COVID Claims Could Be Fewer Than Once Feared | 07/08/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| COVID-19 workers' compensation cases through mid-June could result in hundreds of claims that will cost New York insurers more than $75 million in hospitalization expenses, according to research from the state's rating board. ...Read More | |||
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NCOIL, NAIC, Other Groups Clash Over Insurance Rules, Rate Methods | 07/07/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A disagreement between two national insurance regulatory associations has boiled over into the national spotlight, with racial overtones and potential implications for how workers' compensation premiums could one day be determined. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI, Actuaries Chart COVID Compensability Laws in States | 06/30/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| With the rapidly changing state laws on COVID-19 claims, insurers, employers and workers are asking: Where and when is the disease considered compensable? ...Read More | |||
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Nearly Half of Virus Claims in State Denied, Report Shows | 06/11/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida insurers, self-insurers and local governments have denied about half of workers' compensation claims for COVID-19, a denial rate that may be significantly higher than some other jurisdictions. ...Read More | |||
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No Tort Remedy for Worker Who Lost Leg in Accident | 06/10/2020 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s intentional tort claim against his employer for an auger accident that resulted in the traumatic amputation of his leg. ...Read More | |||
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Nowak Remembered as Excellent Attorney, Arbitrator | 06/08/2020 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Michael K. Nowak, an arbitrator with the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission since 2014, died this week of an illness, the Commission announced Friday. ...Read More | |||
| No Wage-Loss Benefits for Worker who Made Decision to Become Stay-at-Home Dad | 06/05/2020 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an injured worker was not entitled to wage-loss benefits after he made a decision to become the primary caretaker for his children instead of trying to seek employment within his medical limitations. ...Read More | |||
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N.C. Adds Tele-Hearings for June; S.C. Says All Parties Must Pay CourtCall Fee | 05/28/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| North Carolina and South Carolina agencies continue to adjust the rules for remote-access comp hearings because of the social distancing requirements of the pandemic. ...Read More | |||
