Workers' Compensation News
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No Summary Judgment for Construction Manager Whose Protective Devices Stopped Fall | 01/19/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a construction manager was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s Labor Law claim based on the alleged failure to provide adequate fall protection, even though a safety cable had prevented the worker from actually falling. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Medical Pot, Air Ambulances, Attorneys' Fees Among Notable Court Rulings | 01/18/2018 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation attorneys who keep an eye on trends influencing how courts interpret the grand bargain in 2018 have likely noticed recent cases concerning air ambulances, medical marijuana, attorneys’ fees and treatment guidelines. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Paraplegic Worker Whose Accident Was Outside COE | 01/18/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania overturned an award of benefits to a paraplegic worker, finding he had a fixed place of employment and that he was outside the scope of his employment when he suffered his catastrophic injuries in a car accident. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Health Care Uncertainty Tops List of Concerns for Comp Execs | 01/18/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Workers’ compensation carrier executives have identified the U.S. health care environment as their top concern for 2018, according to a survey by the National Council on Compensation Insurance....Read More | |||
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NCIGF Sees Progress on Large-Deductible Issue | 01/16/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Five property and casualty insurers were declared insolvent in 2017 — including three that primarily wrote workers’ comp — in an uptick from the two insolvencies in 2015 and 2016, according to the National Conference of Insurance Guaranty Funds. ...Read More | |||
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National Interstate Offers Captive Program for Towing and Recovery | 01/16/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| National Interstate Insurance Co., a specialty transportation insurer, has launched a rental captive program for the towing and recovery industry called TowCap Premier. ...Read More | |||
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No Additional Benefits for Worker Who Couldn't Link Fibromyalgia to Work Injury | 01/12/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that substantial evidence supported a denial of additional benefits for a worker for a worsening of her fibromyalgia symptoms, since she failed to prove the change was causally related to an industrial injury. ...Read More | |||
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No Additional Benefits for Worker Who Returned to Job | 01/12/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to additional benefits after he was cleared to return to work without restrictions. ...Read More | |||
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New Prescribing Law Requires Discussion of Non-Opioid Options | 01/08/2018 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Before prescribing opioids to a patient for the first time, doctors in Nevada must now review the patient’s prescription drug monitoring report and discuss non-narcotic treatment options, under a state law that took effect on Jan. 1. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Butcher With Hand Injuries | 01/08/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a butcher was not entitled to benefits for injuries to his hands from repeated handling of cold and frozen meats because he had a pre-existing condition that left him uniquely susceptible to injury. ...Read More | |||
