Workers' Compensation News
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Staffing Agency Doesn't Have to Defend Client From Wrongful Death Claim | 06/29/2021 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| 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 | ||
| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| 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 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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 | |||
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SB 1160's UR Rules Haven't Led to Increased Use of Medical Services, WCIRB Says | 06/23/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The utilization review provision in Senate Bill 1160 didn’t lead to an overall increase in use of medical services, according to a multi-year, retrospective data review by the California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. ...Read More | |||
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Seven Charged in Alleged $110M Compounding Scheme | 06/23/2021 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Three marketers, one physician, two office workers and the owner of a compounding pharmacy were accused of carrying out a kickback scheme that billed the federal workers’ compensation program, private insurers and employers at least $110 million in false and fraudulent claims, federal ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Rejects Widow's Bad-Faith Claim Over Settlement | 06/23/2021 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court rejected a widow’s claim that two insurance carriers acted in bad faith while mediating negligence and wrongful death claims related to her husband’s fatal coal mining accident. ...Read More | |||
| Supreme Court Clarifies Appellate Jurisdiction when Defendant Appeals Denial of Claim of Immunity | 06/22/2021 | ||
| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that an appellate court does not have jurisdiction to review a denial of summary judgment based solely on the fact that the denial involved a defendant’s claim of immunity under the Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
