Workers' Compensation News
States Continue to Adjust Hearings, Mediations for Coronavirus Reality | 03/23/2020 | ||
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States continue to adjust to the new reality of coronavirus, with more cancellations, postponements and restrictions on workers' compensation proceedings. Here's a look at some of the most recent changes: ...Read More | |||
Split Court Won't Allow Employer to Set Aside Default Judgment for Worker | 03/20/2020 | ||
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A divided Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was not entitled to have a default judgment for an injured worker set aside. ...Read More | |||
State Relaxes Rules on Telemedicine, Allowing Reimbursement | 03/20/2020 | ||
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Patients will not have to visit a doctor's office before qualifying for telemedicine services, and most insurers must now pay the same for telemedicine as for similar in-person care, state officials said Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
Supreme Court Denies Benefits for School Teacher | 03/19/2020 | ||
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The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that a school teacher was not entitled to benefits for her alleged injuries from a fall as she entered her workplace, absent any credible evidence that her accident involved a risk to which she was not equally exposed to in her private life. ...Read More | |||
State Classifies Worker Exposure Risk to Coronavirus | 03/17/2020 | ||
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Officials in Hawaii have classified worker exposure risk to the COVID-19 virus into four categories, according to the state’s Department of Labor & Industrial Relations. ...Read More | |||
Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Suit Against Insurance Broker | 03/17/2020 | ||
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The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a negligence claim against an insurance broker for failing to provide an employer with workers’ compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
State Fund Closes Monday to Curb Child Care Concerns Amid COVID-19 Threat | 03/17/2020 | ||
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The Montana State Fund closed Monday to give workers a chance to arrange child care after the governor shut down schools, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
Supreme Court Clarifies Defendants' Ability to Designate Responsible 3rd Parties | 03/16/2020 | ||
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The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a trial judge should have granted a tort defendant's motion to designate a responsible third party in a construction worker’s personal injury suit. ...Read More | |||
Supreme Court Won't Review Denial of Payment to Interpretation Service Provider | 03/13/2020 | ||
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The California Supreme Court will not review a Court of Appeals decision from last year that held that an insurance carrier did not have to pay an interpreter’s bills. ...Read More | |||
Supreme Court Again Rebukes Comp Commissioner for Action Against Claimant | 03/13/2020 | ||
By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
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In another rebuke to a famously outspoken workers' compensation judge, the South Carolina Supreme Court this week overturned her finding that a deafened claimant should be denied benefits because he appeared to be less than credible. ...Read More | |||