Workers' Compensation News
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No Benefits for Insurance Auditor With Alleged Workplace Stress Injury | 08/09/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a denial of benefits to an insurance auditor for an alleged psychological injury brought on by her workplace stress. ...Read More | |||
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No Additional TTD Owed to Retail Worker After Termination | 08/03/2023 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Hawaii’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to additional temporary total disability benefits after being fired from her job and that her employer was not liable for penalties for failing to pay. ...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment for Concrete Worker on Claim for Alleged Fall | 08/02/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a concrete worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim based on his alleged fall into a shallow trench. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker With 'Left Rotator Cuff Pathology' From Motor Vehicle Accident | 08/02/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a denial of benefits for a worker’s alleged "left rotator cuff pathology" from his vehicle being sideswiped while parked. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Proposes Changes to Rules for Service Charges, Automatic Gratuities | 08/01/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance submitted to the Texas Department of Insurance a filing proposing changes to the Basic Manual for Workers’ Compensation and Employers Liability Insurance that would clarify that service charges and automatic gratuities are included in payroll....Read More | |||
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National Safety Council Shares Tips to Prevent Heat-Related Injuries | 07/27/2023 | |
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| Source: Steve Nichols, News Contributor | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Safety Council recently shared tips on how to avoid heat-related illnesses and deaths that could prove useful as the U.S. faces an extreme heat wave that stretches from Southern California to Southern Florida and from Montana down the Great Plains into parts of Texas. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Bus Driver With Alleged Work Stress From COVID-19 Concerns | 07/27/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a denial of benefits to a bus driver who claimed psychological injury from potential exposure to COVID-19 and the related death and illness of his co-workers. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Proposes 12.7% Loss Cost Decrease | 07/27/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance on Wednesday filed a proposed 12.7% loss cost decrease in West Virginia, effective Nov. 1. Go...Read More | |||
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NCCI: No Sign of Imminent Recession, Major Economic Slowdown | 07/26/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance said in its latest quarterly economics briefing that while a recession or major economic slowdown could have adverse effects on workers’ compensation premiums and losses, there is currently no clear evidence of a decline in economic activity or...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Delivery Driver Injured in Electric Scooter Crash | 07/24/2023 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled that a parcel delivery driver was not entitled to benefits for his injuries from crashing an electric scooter he had rented during his lunch break to travel to a date with a friend. ...Read More | |||
