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Workers' Compensation News
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Non-Signatories to Employment Contract Can't Enforce Venue-Selection Clause | 05/16/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 154 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a group of non-signatories to a maritime worker’s employment contract could not enforce a forum-selection clause for litigation of the worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
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Non-Subscribing Employer Can't Be Held Liable for Car Accident on Worker's Day Off | 05/10/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 283 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 106 min read | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s civil suit against his non-subscribing employer, finding the employer could not be held vicariously liable for the alleged negligence of a coworker in causing a car accident on a day when neither employee was working. ...Read More | |||
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New Rules Would Save WC Carriers $200,000 by Dropping Preference for Accredited Rehab | 05/09/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 579 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 52 min read | |||
| The Texas workers' compensation system could shave off $200,000 a year in worker rehabilitation costs by dropping a 22-year-old provider accreditation preference and pay all rehab services the same amount. ...Read More | |||
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NJM Insurance Group Names Mitch Livingston President, CEO | 05/09/2018 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 118 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 94 min read | |||
| Mitch Livingston has been named president and chief executive officer of NJM Insurance Group, New Jersey’s leading workers’ compensation carrier. ...Read More | |||
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Norwalk Attorney Named WC Commissioner | 05/09/2018 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 266 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 41 min read | |||
| Norwalk attorney Carrie Colangelo has been named to the state's Workers' Compensation Commission, according to a local news report. ...Read More | |||
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Newlywed Can't Proceed With Claim of Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress | 05/08/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 220 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 3 min read | |||
| The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled that a worker could not proceed with a civil action against his employer for the intentional infliction of emotional distress from an alleged three-hour confrontation about whether his recent marriage to the relative of a co-employee had violated company polic...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Widow of Worker Killed While Using Company Truck | 05/03/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 160 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 2 min read | |||
| The Utah Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s widow was not entitled to benefits for the worker’s fatal car accident while using a company vehicle to access a job site. ...Read More | |||
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No Duty Disability Retirement Benefits for Firefighter Whose Cancer Went Into Remission | 05/03/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 146 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 35 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the possibility that a firefighter could suffer a recurrence of bladder cancer did not render him eligible for accidental and performance of duty disability retirement benefits, since he was physically capable of returning to work while his cancer was in remi...Read More | |||
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New Fee Schedule Would Raise Conversion Factors Slightly | 04/27/2018 | |
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| State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 208 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 24 min read | |||
| South Dakota's Division of Labor and Management will hold a public hearing May 14 on a proposed revision to the workers' compensation fee schedule, the division announced. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: New Classifications Possible After Florida Ruling on Transport Companies | 04/26/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 379 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 83 min read | |||
| Two appeals from transportation-related companies have raised the possibility of additional classifications for Florida employers. The Florida Workers&#...Read More | |||
