Workers' Compensation News
| No Penalties or Attorney Fees for Worker Based on Carrier's Initial Denial of Claim | 05/15/2020 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to an award of penalties or attorney fees based on a carrier’s initial denial of liability for his claim. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Annual Symposium: Another Banner Year Will Help Industry Weather Storm | 05/13/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The COVID-19 pandemic and severe economic recession could not have come at a better time for the workers' compensation insurance industry. ...Read More | |||
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Newsom's Order Disrupts Natural Flow of Crafting WC Legislation, Columnist Says | 05/12/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Gov. Gavin Newsom shifted the focus of the COVID-19 debate among workers’ compensation stakeholders last week when he issued an executive order creating a rebuttable presumption for state workers, according to a veteran columnist with decades of experience covering reforms. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Employee Struck by Car While Crossing Street | 05/12/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to benefits for his injuries from being struck by a car as he was crossing a street to get to his place of employment. ...Read More | |||
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N.J. Presumption Bill Set for Hearing Tuesday; Pa. Bill Would Expand Heart-Lung Act | 05/11/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| From hazard pay to enhanced heart and lung benefits to broader workers' compensation presumption provisions, three eastern states are considering ways to compensate frontline workers sickened by the coronavirus. ...Read More | |||
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N.J. Assigns Three More Judges to Telephone Hearings; Indiana Extends Moratorium | 05/11/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| States continue to roll with the punches on COVID-19 social distancing requirements and business shutdowns. Here's the latest from agencies in three eastern states. ...Read More | |||
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No Conflict of Interest in Acting as Attorneys for Injured Workers | 05/08/2020 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that two attorneys who served as members of a local government council did not have a conflict of interest in representing two injured workers in a third-party action in which the government had asserted a subrogation interest. ...Read More | |||
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Newsom's Order Creating COVID Presumption Met With Applause, Some Skepticism | 05/07/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday issued a long-anticipated executive order creating a rebuttable presumption that COVID-19 is a compensable occupational disease for employees who contract the illness while on the job. ...Read More | |||
| NCCI Launches Interactive Modeling Tool to Estimate COVID-19 Losses | 05/04/2020 | ||
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance unveiled an interactive web page that lets users tinker around with variables to show potential cost impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. ...Read More | |||
| No Additional Medical Benefits for Worker with Respitatory Condition | 05/04/2020 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a worker with respiratory issues was not permanently totally disabled and that she was therefore not entitled to additional medical benefits. ...Read More | |||
