Workers' Compensation News
Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Pilot's Claims for Additional Benefits | 05/07/2024 | ||
State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Alaska Supreme Court upheld the denial of a pilot’s claim for additional benefits for conditions he blamed on his injuries from a 1985 plane crash. ...Read More | |||
Supreme Court Denies Loss-of-Use Award to Worker With Incomplete Paraplegia | 05/06/2024 | ||
State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker with incomplete paraplegia was not entitled to a loss-of-use award for his legs because he retained at least some ability to walk. ...Read More | |||
Supreme Court to Address Worker's Entitlement to Reimbursement for CBD Oil | 05/02/2024 | ||
State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will weigh in on the question of whether cannabinoid oil and dietary supplements qualify as “medical services” or “medicines and supplies” for purposes of the state Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
Senate Passes Bill Prohibiting State From Forcing Workers to Quit as Settlement Condition | 04/25/2024 | ||
State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Colorado Senate passed a bill that would prohibit the state from forcing its injured workers to quit as a condition of settling workers’ compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
Split Supreme Court Addresses Standard of Review, Burden of Proof for Apportionment | 04/25/2024 | ||
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A divided West Virginia Supreme Court produced four opinions addressing an employer’s entitlement to apportion a worker’s impairment, with a majority clarifying the appropriate standard of review of a board decision and then concluding that the employer failed to carry its burden of p...Read More | |||
Senate Passes Resolution to Approve Electronic Payments | 04/23/2024 | ||
State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The South Carolina Senate passed a resolution authorizing electronic payments for certain workers’ compensation benefits. The Senate ...Read More | |||
School Worker COVID Bill Clears First Hurdle | 04/22/2024 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A committee in the California Assembly unanimously passed a bill that would direct schools to continue paying those who are excluded from the workplace due to COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
Supreme Court Upholds Award to Social Worker for PTSD | 04/19/2024 | ||
State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits to a social worker for post-traumatic stress disorder and clarified that comp judges may review the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders criteria when considering the persuasiveness of expert reports, but they can't make...Read More | |||
State Joins Texas in Prohibiting Local Workplace Safety Rules | 04/16/2024 | ||
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed a bill that prevents cities and counties from forcing private employers to do anything beyond what the federal government requires to protect their workers from heat injuries. ...Read More | |||
Supreme Court Expresses 'Profound Concern' With Administrative Denial of Claim | 04/12/2024 | ||
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The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld a decision awarding benefits to a worker for a repetitive trauma injury, expressing “profound concern” with the administrative ruling that had rejected the claim. ...Read More | |||