Workers' Compensation News
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State Fund Qualifies as 'Victim' Entitled to Restitution From Criminal Defendants | 07/01/2021 | |
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| The Montana Supreme Court ruled that the Montana State Fund qualified as a “victim” entitled to restitution from a criminal defendant who assaulted a peace officer, but excused the defendant from paying saying it would cause her unjust hardship. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Tosses Ex-Comp Commissioner's $1.5 Million Discrimination Award | 07/01/2021 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a $1.5 million jury verdict for former Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Christopher Godfrey, finding that former Gov. Terry Branstad had not unlawfully discriminated against him because of his sexual orientation. ...Read More | |||
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Senator Adds Prospective Coverage Language to PTSD Bill | 06/30/2021 | |
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| California state Sen. Henry Stern amended Senate Bill 284 to add language that would make the proposed expansion of the presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable apply only prospectively. ...Read More | |||
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State Has Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Employer | 06/29/2021 | |
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| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that the state had specific personal jurisdiction over a Missouri-based employer for its alleged retaliatory discharge of an Illinois resident for filing a workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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Staffing Agency Doesn't Have to Defend Client From Wrongful Death Claim | 06/29/2021 | |
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| The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that a personnel staffing agency and its insurance carrier were not obligated to indemnify and defend a client company from a wrongful death suit after a student was killed. ...Read More | |||
| State Adopts Federal Safety Rules in Health Care | 06/29/2021 | ||
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| The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations on Thursday announced that the state is adopting the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s emergency temporary standard that addressed workplace safety in the health care sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...Read More | |||
| States Look at Marijuana Impact on Comp, Injuries | 06/29/2021 | ||
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| State courts continue to struggle with whether employers and insurers must reimburse for marijuana in workers' compensation and how a positive marijuana test may impact the compensability of an accident, according to a legislative update released Friday by the ...Read More | |||
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San Francisco to Require Vaccination for City Workers | 06/25/2021 | |
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| The City of San Francisco will require all workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 within 10 weeks of the Food and Drug Administrative giving final approval to a vaccine, according to a report by ...Read More | |||
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Self-Insured Employer Should Receive Subrogation Hearing | 06/25/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a self-insured employer should have been granted an evidentiary hearing to determine its subrogation interest in a worker’s settlement with a third-party tortfeasor. ...Read More | |||
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SUNZ Insurance Expands Into 13 New States | 06/24/2021 | |
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| SUNZ Insurance Co. announced an expansion into 13 new states, from Vermont to Hawaii. “With the addition of these 13 new states, SUNZ In...Read More | |||
