Workers' Compensation News
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No Benefits for Worker Allegedly Injured From Long Days Working at Home | 11/27/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim of mental and physical injuries from her long days working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Board Elects Tracy Ryan President, CEO | 11/15/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The board of directors for the National Council on Compensation Insurance elected Tracy Ryan as president and chief executive officer, effective Jan. 6. ...Read More | |||
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No Disability Pension for Police Officer Who Refused Surgery | 11/13/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld the denial of a disability pension to a police officer who refused surgery to address his injury. Case:...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment for Labor Law Defendants | 10/24/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that none of the defendants in a Labor Law action was entitled to summary judgment dismissing the claims against them or on their claims against each other. ...Read More | |||
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No Permanent Total Disability Benefits for Worker Who Lost Eye | 10/23/2024 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was not permanently and totally disabled by the loss of her left eye. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Medical Inflation Softens in 3rd Quarter | 10/23/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance said that after several years of ignoring broader economic patterns, medical inflation in the third quarter followed the softening trend in overall inflation. ...Read More | |||
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No Change in Premium Assessment Rate for 2025 | 10/22/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division announced that premium assessment rates will remain unchanged in 2025. The division said the premium...Read More | |||
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No Increase in Worker's PPD Award for Occupational Pneumoconiosis | 10/21/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award for occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Temperature, Precipitation Linked to Frequency | 10/18/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Frequency increases modestly but consistently as temperatures climb, according to a study by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. NCC...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment for Worker Struck by Falling Materials | 10/18/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker struck by falling materials was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. Case...Read More | |||
