Workers' Compensation News
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Split Supreme Court Orders Dismissal of Injured Truck Driver's 3rd-Party Suit | 12/17/2021 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that it lacked jurisdiction to review a worker’s challenge to a determination that the terms of his workers’ compensation settlement limited the injuries for which he could seek a recovery in a third-party tortfeasor action. ...Read More | |||
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SIF Assessment Down for 2022; Reconciliation Factor Remains | 12/17/2021 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Indiana Workers’ Compensation Board will assess less for the Second Injury Fund in 2022 than it did in 2021, but a 5% reconciliation factor will remain in place. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgment Not Warranted for Worker Who Fell | 12/14/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that summary judgment was not warranted on a series of claims in a Labor Law dispute for a worker’s alleged fall through an uncovered opening at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Subcontractor Pleads Guilty to Felony Misclassification Charge | 12/10/2021 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring announced that Richmond Drywall Installers Inc. pleaded guilty to felony embezzlement charges based on misclassifying employees as independent contractors. ...Read More | |||
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Statutory Limits on Reopening Claims Apply to DWC Director | 12/09/2021 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that the statutory limitations on when an award may be reopened constrains the authority of the Division of Workers' Compensation director to reopen a case that has been automatically closed for failure to prosecute. ...Read More | |||
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Sedgwick Buys Seattle-Based Legal Administrator | 12/08/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. said Tuesday it has acquired JND Legal Administration, a legal management and administration services provider. ...Read More | |||
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SAIF Hires Sharifa Gomez as Vice President of Human Resources | 12/07/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: People | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon’s SAIF Corp. announced that Sharifa Gomez joined the carrier as vice president of human resources Dec. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Security Officer's Lack of Credibility Leads to Denial of Claim | 12/03/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a security officer’s claim for benefits due to his lack of credibility. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Second Injury Fund Drives Most of Assessment Increase | 12/02/2021 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The program that provides additional compensation to injured workers who had pre-existing disabilities is driving nearly three-quarters of the increase in the total assessment the Department of Industrial Relations says it needs to collect from California employers for the current fiscal year....Read More | |||
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Salesman Entitled to PTD for Car Accident Injuries, but No Offset for Employer | 11/30/2021 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Utah Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits to a salesman for his injuries from a series of car accidents and denied his employer’s entitlement to an offset for recoveries from third-party tortfeasors. ...Read More | |||
