Workers' Compensation News
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No Attorney Fee Award for Worker Despite Favorable Ruling | 07/26/2019 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Supreme Court upheld the denial of attorney fees to a worker who had secured a favorable decision about the burdens of proving displacement. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Traveling Employee | 07/25/2019 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a traveling employee was not entitled to benefits for injuries from a car accident that occurred as he was leaving a social gathering with his colleagues. ...Read More | |||
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No Criminal Charges Over Trench Collapse | 07/25/2019 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The owner of a Wyoming resort fined $10,532 for a trench collapse that killed two workers will not face criminal charges, the Jackson Ho...Read More | |||
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New Technology Rates Chance of Claim Litigation, Attorney Performance | 07/24/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Risk advisory firm Aon this week rolled out a tool intended to reduce workers’ compensation litigation costs through the use of artificial intelligence and a large pool of claims data. ...Read More | |||
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Nonsubscribing Employer Liable for Worker's Fall From Ladder | 07/23/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld a jury’s finding of civil liability against a nonsubscribing employer based on a worker’s fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
| NCCI Proposes 1.6% Loss Cost Decrease | 07/23/2019 | ||
| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance filed a proposed workers’ compensation loss cost decrease of 1.6%, effective Nov. 1, the West Virginia Offices of the Insurance Commissioner announced. The proposed reduction would result in $3 million in savings to employers in the sta...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Autonomous Vehicles Could Save Comp Industry Billions | 07/18/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Autonomous vehicles could save the workers’ compensation industry billions of dollars by reducing accidents, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance. ...Read More | |||
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NASA Put Man on the Moon, but Comp Paid for Deaths, Injuries Along the Way | 07/12/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Fifty years ago this month, the world's attention was focused on man's first landing on the moon. It was history in the making and arguably the high point in the manned space program. ...Read More | |||
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NJCRIB Unveils Improved Data Upload System | 07/10/2019 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau this week unveiled a new version of its Manage Data tool, which allows carriers to input, edit and view policy and statistical data, almost in real time. ...Read More | |||
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New Law Uses Lottery to Help Families of Fallen First Responders | 07/09/2019 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Iowa law that took effect this month will use lottery proceeds to help families of fallen first responders cover insurance costs. The Iowa Public ...Read More | |||
