Workers' Compensation News
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State Has Highest Litigation, Indemnity Costs, WCRI Report Shows | 02/04/2020 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Pennsylvania continues to have some of the highest workers' compensation costs in the country, from indemnity benefits to litigation expenses, a Workers Compensation Research Institute report shows. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Suspends Veteran Attorney for Misconduct | 02/03/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Louisiana Supreme Court last week suspended a veteran attorney with a history of disciplinary actions for a period of one year and one day. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court to Decide if Benefits Can Be Suspended for Incarceration Period | 01/31/2020 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on an employer’s entitlement to the suspension of a worker’s benefits for the time the worker was in jail. ...Read More | |||
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State Ranks Highest in Satisfaction With Medical Care, but Attorneys Cite Delays | 01/30/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: CT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Most injured workers in Connecticut appear satisfied with their medical care, but many in some Southern states reported problems with their workers' compensation systems. ...Read More | |||
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Security Company Must Pay Restitution for Premium Fraud | 01/30/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas security company must pay more than $51,000 in restitution after it was convicted of underreporting payroll and skimping on workers' compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Senator Calls System 'Corrupt' for Endorsing Law as Written, Not as Intended | 01/29/2020 | |
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| By: Tonika Reed (Reporter) | |||
| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Arizona Senate committee this week unanimously passed a bill that would add two types of cancers to the list of conditions presumed to arise out of employment for firefighters and peace officers, and preclude employers from rebutting the presumption. ...Read More | |||
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Scorecard Shows Complaints, Timeliness of Benefits for Carriers | 01/29/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Texas workers' compensation insurance carriers are doing something right, according to a scorecard that regulators released Monday. The score...Read More | |||
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Statutory Amendments Apply Retroactively to Worker's Pneumoconiosis Claim | 01/29/2020 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that the 2018 amendments to Kentucky Revised Statute Section 342.730(4) applied retroactively to a longtime coal industry employee. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes 'Employment Presumption' Misclassification Bill With Stiff Penalties | 01/28/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a sign that more states are getting serious about misclassification, the Virginia Senate on Monday approved a bill that would stiffen penalties when companies inappropriately consider workers to be independent contractors. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Review Rejection of Proposed Lump-Sum Settlement | 01/28/2020 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that an order disapproving an application for a lump-sum settlement of a workers’ compensation claim is not final and appealable. ...Read More | |||
