Workers' Compensation News
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SCIF Dismisses Complaint Against CDI, Insurance Commissioner | 03/01/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| State Compensation Insurance Fund on Friday dismissed a lawsuit filed in federal court accusing the California Department of Insurance and Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara of violating terms of a settlement agreement. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes COVID Presumption Measure for Health Care Workers | 03/01/2021 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington state Senate passed a bill that would create a presumption of compensability for health care workers who contract a contagious disease that is the subject of a public health emergency. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Reduction in Injured Nurse's Benefits | 02/26/2021 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Supreme Court of New Hampshire ruled that a nurse’s benefits were properly reduced because she was capable of returning to work in a sedentary capacity. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court to Rule on Whether Fee Awards Issue Only if Employer Unreasonably Contests Claim | 02/26/2021 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will be weighing in on whether an employer's unreasonable contest of a claim is a prerequisite to a fee award under Section 440 of the Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Adds Appeals Court, Removes ALJs, Expands Comp Review Board | 02/26/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that would create a new appeals court, but it was amended to change the size and makeup of the Workers' Compensation Board of Review. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Bill That Lets KEMI Return Fund Money to Coal Companies Sooner | 02/25/2021 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Senate has approved a bill that would make it a little easier to wind down the state's black-lung compensation fund and return some money to the state's once-proud coal-mining industry. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Public Health Emergency Presumption | 02/25/2021 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington state Senate passed a bill that would create a presumption that infectious or contagious diseases are occupational conditions for frontline employees during a public health emergency. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Bill Setting Deadline for Payment of Death Benefits for Emergency Workers | 02/25/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that would require emergency worker death benefits to be paid within 90 days in most situations. ...Read More | |||
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School District Worker Accused of Faking COVID-19 Symptoms | 02/24/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Insurance announced that a Baldwin Park Unified School District worker who allegedly went shopping and traveled while saying her COVID-19 symptoms were so severe that she couldn’t work was charged with theft and insurance fraud. ...Read More | |||
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Single-Payer Bill Would Task Advisory Panel With Answering Comp Question | 02/24/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The latest single-payer health care proposal in California would once again defer to an advisory panel to figure out how to deal with treating occupational injuries. ...Read More | |||
