Workers' Compensation News
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Northern Kentucky Builders Want Reciprocity With Ohio Amid Building Boom | 09/06/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The legislator who last year crafted one of the most-debated workers' compensation bills in recent Kentucky history now plans to offer another measure next year, one that would allow some out-of-state contractors to bypass the Kentucky comp system for up to three months. ...Read More | |||
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NJCRIB Opens Portal to World of Online Inquiries | 09/06/2019 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Jersey Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau has launched an online portal to let insurers and employers submit classification, audit inquiries and documentation to the bureau. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Widow of Worker Killed in Crash | 09/05/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a widow was not entitled to benefits for her husband's fatal car accident that happened as he was driving to meet his boss. ...Read More | |||
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Nine Firefighters Diagnosed With Cancer Battle Work Comp Claim Denials | 09/04/2019 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Kevin Thompson is a Glendale firefighter with multiple myeloma, a cancer that is covered under workers’ compensation laws as a presumptive illness in Arizona. ...Read More | |||
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Nickcola Wallace Joins HomeCare Connect as Transition Manager | 09/04/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| HomeCare Connect, which manages home health services in workers’ compensation claims, has hired Michelle “Nickcola” Wallace as complex care transition manager. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Calls for Rate Decreases in Neighboring States | 08/28/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| After five years of rate reductions, some of which have reached double-digit percentages, the National Council on Compensation Insurance has filed for loss cost decreases in Missouri and Kansas that some might consider downright microscopic. ...Read More | |||
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No Civil Remedy for Farmworker Injured by Falling Cow | 08/27/2019 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a dairy worker could not proceed with a civil claim for damages for his injuries from being struck by a cow. ...Read More | |||
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No TTD for Worker Fired After Repeatedly Violating Safety Rules | 08/22/2019 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker who was fired for repeatedly violating his employer’s safety rules had voluntarily abandoned his employment, becoming ineligible for temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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New Law Puts Union Reps on Comp Commission | 08/21/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a law that guarantees labor organizations a seat on the Workers' Compensation Commission appeals board, a move that employers and insurance defense attorneys said will make the commission a more partisan body. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Court Case Update Reviews Exclusive Remedy, Air Ambulance Issues | 08/21/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance has released the latest edition of its Countrywide Court Case Update, looking at cases and decisions that may impact workers’ compensation across the U.S. ...Read More | |||
