Workers' Compensation News
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NCCI Finds Work Comp Medical Costs Outpace Group Health for Common Injuries | 03/02/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A new report from the National Council on Compensation Insurance shows that injuries cost more — much more for some conditions — when they're covered by workers' compensation rather than group health insurance. ...Read More | |||
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No TTD for Worker After Adding Depression to Claim | 02/27/2020 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of temporary total disability benefits to a worker after his claim was expanded to include a diagnosis for his depression. ...Read More | |||
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No Additional PPD Award to Ironworker With Bilateral Knee Injuries | 02/26/2020 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that an ironworker was not entitled to an additional permanent partial disability award for injuries he sustained to both knees. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Bus Driver Who Had Stroke | 02/25/2020 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that the State Board of Workers’ Compensation used the correct legal framework to determine that a bus driver was not entitled to benefits for a stroke he had suffered at work. ...Read More | |||
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No Attendant Care Services for Worker Who Didn't Follow Procedure | 02/19/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court overturned an award of attendant care services to a worker with a traumatic brain injury because he did not follow the proper procedure under state medical treatment guidelines. ...Read More | |||
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No Viable Labor Law Claim for Worker Allegedly Injured by Falling Cabinet | 02/14/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker could not assert a viable Labor Law claim for his alleged injuries from being struck by a falling wall cabinet. ...Read More | |||
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Newly Independent Ball Teams Could End Up in State Insurance Funds | 02/13/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| If 42 minor league baseball teams are eventually separated from the support of the big leagues, as has been proposed, many will likely be able to find workers' compensation coverage only through state insurance funds of last resort. ...Read More | |||
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No Error in Ordering Worker's Counsel Fees to Come From SLU Award | 02/07/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board did not abuse its discretion by ordering that a worker’s counsel fees be paid from his schedule loss of use award. ...Read More | |||
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No Penalties on Employer for Unreasonable Revocation of Surgery Authorization | 02/06/2020 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Illinois Appellate Court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Commission does not have statutory authority to impose sanctions on an employer for unreasonably revoking authorization for an employee’s medical treatment. ...Read More | |||
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No Additional Benefits for Injured Man Who Received Unauthorized Treatments | 02/05/2020 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Supreme Court of Tennessee’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel ruled that an employer was not liable for the treatment that an injured truck driver received after his authorized physician released him to full-duty work. ...Read More | |||
