Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Senator Removes Age, Genetic Characteristics from Apportionment Discrimination Bill | 06/21/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 3 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker las week amended a bill to eliminate language that would have prohibited apportioning permanent disability to non-industrial causes based on a worker’s age or genetic characteristics. ...Read More | |||
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State Agency Properly Terminates Injured Worker After Expiration of Leave | 06/18/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the termination of a civil servant after she failed to submit medical documentation of her fitness to return to duty at the end of her workers’ compensation leave. ...Read More | |||
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Self-Insured Employer Can Get Reimbursement for VSSR Award | 06/17/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a self-insured employer was entitled to reimbursement for what it paid to an injured employee before the award was overturned by the state Supreme Court. ...Read More | |||
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Sign Language Interpreter Can't Maintain Tort Suit Against School | 06/16/2021 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that a woman assigned to provide interpretation services to a deaf student could not maintain a tort suit against the high school for her injuries from a fall in the parking lot. ...Read More | |||
