Workers' Compensation News
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NJCRIB Launching Online Assigned Risk Platform in May
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04/13/2015
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State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The New Jersey Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau will launch an online process for submitting applications for coverage by the state's assigned-risk plan in May, the bureau announced in a circular on Friday.
NJCRIB said paper applications will be accepted only if postmarked no...Read More
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No Comp Benefits for Chiropractor's alleged Injuries from Treating Patients
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04/07/2015
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a chiropractor failed to establish his entitlement to benefits for his alleged injuries from treating patients, and that his testimony about his condition was lay testimony, not expert opinion testimony.
Case: Khani v. Alliance Chiropractic, No. 2014-...Read More
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No Assessment Needed for WC Security Fund this Year
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03/31/2015
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State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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Pennsylvania workers' compensation carriers will not be required this year to make contributions to the Workers' Compensation Security Fund, which pays for the cost of claims by liquidated carriers.
Under state law, contributions are required only when the balance of the fund fall...Read More
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Nurse without Symptoms from Chemical Exposure Injury Wasn't 'fully Recovered'
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03/30/2015
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Pennsylvania nurse who developed asthma from inhaling floor wax used at the hospital that employed her was entitled to continue receiving benefits after she took a lower-paying job at another facility, the Commonwealth Court ruled last week.
Even though Nancy Little's asthma symptom...Read More
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NCCI Files for 2.6% Loss-Cost Increase
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03/30/2015
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State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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With lost-time claim frequency on the rise, medical and indemnity costs ticking upward and combined ratios well above 100%, the National Council on Compensation Insurance has filed for a 2.6% loss-cost increase in Maine.
The increase marks the third loss-cost filing in the last decad...Read More
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