Workers' Compensation News
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Supersedeas Fund Now Three Years Behind in Reimbursing Some Carriers | 01/13/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Two years after the Pennsylvania Supersedeas Fund notified insurers that it was running as much as 16 months behind in sending reimbursement checks, the delays and the fund's financial picture appear to have worsened. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Reverses Denial of Disability Benefits for Injured Pipe Fitter | 01/13/2020 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided North Carolina Supreme Court overturned a decision by the Industrial Commission denying an injured worker’s request for disability compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Senators Amend Bill to Scale Back Proposed Hospital Worker Presumption | 01/10/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Legislation that would create a presumption that certain conditions are compensable for hospital workers was amended to remove provisions to include coverage for cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder and respiratory diseases. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court to Rule on What Constitutes Abandonment of Employment for Traveling Employee | 01/10/2020 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on the question of what constitutes an abandonment of employment for a traveling employee. ...Read More | |||
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State Supreme Court to Decide if Carve-Out for One State Is Constitutional | 01/07/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| When Minnesota lawmakers in 2005 carved out a special workers' compensation exemption just for North Dakota employers, it was pitched as a way to help mom-and-pop pizza shops that delivered pies across state lines. ...Read More | |||
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State Lowers Mileage, Posts New Hospital Fee Schedules | 01/03/2020 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court has released 2020 fee schedules for hospital services, and it dropped the mileage reimbursement rate for workers' medical visits. ...Read More | |||
| Supreme Court Says Injured Inmate's Compensation Must Be Based on Actual Wages | 12/31/2019 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Supreme Court ruled that the amount of compensation a prisoner may receive for an industrial injury must be based on the average monthly wage the prisoner actually received as of the date of his injury. Case: White v. State of Nevada Division of Forestry, No. 7...Read More | |||
| Statutory Employer Doctrine Barred Worker's Tort Suit for Injuries as Plastics Plant | 12/31/2019 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an injured worker could not proceed with a tort suit against the owner of a plastics plant since it was the statutory employer of his statutory employer. Case: Spears v. Exxon Mobil Corp., No. 2019 CA 0309, 12/17/2019, published....Read More | |||
| Split Court Says County Agency Not Liable for Benefits to Contractor's Injured Employee | 12/30/2019 | ||
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| A divided Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that a sheriff’s department was not liable for the payment of workers’ compensation benefits to an employee of the entity that had been hired to provide medical care to the inmates at a detention center. Case: Rolli...Read More | |||
| Statute of Limitations for Comp Claims Doesn't Apply to Joinder Petitions | 12/27/2019 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| In a case of first impression, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a joinder petition does not need to be filed within the three-year statute of limitations for a workers’ compensation claim. Case: Sota Construction Services Inc. v. WCAB (Czarnecki, Za...Read More | |||
