Workers' Compensation News
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Report: Mayor Concerned About Cost of PTSD Coverage | 03/05/2019 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A mayor in Idaho called legislation that would allow police and firefighters to receive workers’ compensation benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder when not accompanied by a physical injury “dangerous,” according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Record in Comp Dispute Could Be Reopened After Death of Commissioner | 03/04/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court last week published a decision finding a workers’ compensation commissioner properly reopened the record to resolve a benefit dispute that had been pending when the previous commissioner on the case died. ...Read More | |||
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Restaurant Group Chooses Employers as Work Comp Carrier of Choice | 02/27/2019 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Nevada-based Employers has been named the workers’ compensation carrier of choice by the Kentucky Restaurant Association. In addition to off...Read More | |||
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Report Questions Work Comp Exclusion for Undocumented Workers | 02/20/2019 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A report posted by Wyoming Public Media on Friday calls attention to an unusual statute in the only state in the nation that excludes undocumented ...Read More | |||
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Res Judicata Barred Worker's Second Challenge to AWW Calculation | 02/19/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the doctrine of res judicata barred an injured worker from challenging the calculation of his average weekly wage after he had mounted a prior unsuccessful challenge. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Chiropractor Appointed to WCB Charged With Assault | 02/19/2019 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A chiropractor appointed to the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board last month is facing multiple felony assault charges, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Roofing Contractor Repeatedly Exposed Workers to Fall Hazards, OSHA Says | 02/15/2019 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Florida roofing contractor for allegedly exposing employees to fall hazards at residential work sites in Port St. Lucie and Naples. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Insurers Underpay Providers in Most Billing Disputes | 02/14/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| On the one hand, the number of medical bills that end up in the dispute resolution process in Florida is relatively small: Less than one-tenth of 1% of the 4 million workers' compensation medical bills in Florida resulted in petitions for resolution last year, the Division of Workers' Com...Read More | |||
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Ruling Leaves Rail Workers With No Comp or Tort Protection | 02/12/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Thirty years after the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that New Jersey Transit employees' workplace injuries are covered by federal liability law, the same court has had a change of heart, declaring that the state has sovereign immunity protection against lawsuits. ...Read More | |||
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Reporting Requirements for NYC, LA Comp Stand in Stark Contrast to Chicago | 02/07/2019 | |
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| By: Eddie Curran (correspondent) | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The head of New York City’s public employee workers’ compensation program is a former member of a prestigious law firm who has been working in the city’s comp division for almost 25 years. ...Read More | |||
