Workers' Compensation News
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Payment of Cop's Salary Not Acceptance of Liability for COVID-19 Infection | 03/05/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a city’s payment of a police officer’s salary while he was on excused time due to a COVID-19 infection was not an acceptance of liability for a work-related illness. ...Read More | |||
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Plaintiff Can't Amend Lawsuit Against Contractors to Allege Comp Violations | 02/14/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate affirmed a determination that a plaintiff could not amend his complaint against contractors for unfinished work to add allegations that they were uninsured and unlicensed. ...Read More | |||
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Pain Complaint Supports Compensability Finding for Repetitive Trauma Claim | 02/04/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Illinois appellate court said an injured worker's subjective complaint of pain was sufficient evidence to support a determination that her repetitive trauma claim was compensable. ...Read More | |||
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P&T Discussion Shows More Questions Than Answers About Cannabis in Comp | 01/16/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Members of a panel created to advise California work comp regulators about updates to the state's prescription drug formulary on Wednesday appeared to have more questions than answers about cannabis to treat occupational injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Property Owner Not Liable for Worker's Death in Trench Collapse | 01/10/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld summary judgment that found a property owner was not liable for the death of a worker in a trench collapse. ...Read More | |||
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P&T Committee to Discuss Cannabis Coverage at Next Meeting | 01/03/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers' Compensation Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee is scheduled to discuss cannabis coverage during its next meeting. ...Read More | |||
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Parent Company of Power Plant Operator Gets New Trial on Liability for Worker's Death | 12/16/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court overturned a jury’s $150 million verdict in favor of the family of a worker killed in a power plant explosion and ordered a new trial on whether the parent company could be held liable for the worker’s death. ...Read More | |||
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Proposed Rule Would Allow Remote MMI Exams | 12/04/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Treating doctors would be allowed to perform maximum medical improvement examinations by telemedicine or telehealth under rules proposed by the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Partial Arm Amputation Leads to Fine for Flooring Manufacturer | 12/03/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal workplace safety regulators fined a hardwood flooring manufacturer in Ohio $255,528 after a 23-year-old worker suffered a partial arm amputation. ...Read More | |||
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PCRB Posts Reminder of Deadline to Request 2009 Assessment Refund | 11/07/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau announced that eligible carriers can request refunds of 2009 work comp security fund assessments through Feb. 24. ...Read More | |||
