Workers' Compensation News
| Sentinel Governmental Affairs Launches News Brief Page | 11/12/2021 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Sentinel Governmental Affairs announced the launch of a news briefs webpage to provide information to the Texas insurance industry, regulators, lawmakers and stakeholders. The news briefs include information from the ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Hearing-Loss Award for Longtime Factory Worker | 11/12/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld an award of benefits for a long-time factory worker with hearing loss. Case: Sol...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Authorization for Knee Replacement | 11/10/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Supreme Court of West Virginia upheld a denial of authorization for a knee replacement to an injured maintenance worker with preexisting arthritis. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Law Limiting Estate to Receipt of Funeral Expenses | 11/09/2021 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to a state law limiting a worker’s estate to the collection of funeral expenses, since she had no dependents when she was electrocuted on a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Scott Carpenter Joins AP Keenan as Account Executive, Employee Benefits Producer | 11/04/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| AP Keenan, a California insurance brokerage and consulting firm for public schools, public agencies and health care organizations, announced that Scott Carpenter joined the company as an account executive and employee benefits producer. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Liability for Staffing Agencies Under State Law | 11/04/2021 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Supreme Court held a temporary staffing agency liable for violations of the state Industrial Safety and Health Act. ...Read More | |||
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Survey Shows Slight Increase in Injury Rate | 11/04/2021 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Minnesota’s estimated workplace injury and illness rate rose slightly in 2020 to 3.5 recordable cases per 100 full-time equivalent workers, from 3.2 in 2019. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Authorization for Hip Replacement Surgery | 11/03/2021 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Wyoming Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for a right hip replacement, finding he did not prove it was a reasonable and necessary treatment for an industrial injury to his left hip. ...Read More | |||
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Seven Arrested in Alleged $40M Payroll Fraud Scheme | 11/02/2021 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis on Monday announced that seven people were arrested for allegedly orchestrating a scheme that concealed from a work comp carrier more than $40 million in payroll. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Upholds Jury Award to Mail Carrier Bitten by Dog | 11/01/2021 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld a jury verdict for a mail carrier who was bitten by a dog, even though it should not have been allowed to hear evidence of his receipt of federal workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
