Workers' Compensation News
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Special Disability Fund Comes to an End | 11/15/2019 | |
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| Every year at this time, the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission has updated the threshold at which large death and permanent disability claims would be paid from a special state fund. ...Read More | |||
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State's Nonfatal Injury Rate Remains Higher Than National Average | 11/15/2019 | |
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| The rate of nonfatal workplace injuries in Montana fell in 2018 to 3.9 per 100 workers in private industry, but remained higher than the national injury rate, according to a ...Read More | |||
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SCIF Board, Committees Meeting Next Week | 11/14/2019 | |
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| The California State Compensation Insurance Fund board of directors will meet Nov. 21 and 22 after meetings of the carrier’s investment, audit and governance committees. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Upholds MCC Finding for Worker's Neck Injury | 11/14/2019 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Florida appellate court upheld a finding that a worker’s accident was the major contributing cause of her need for medical treatment, despite evidence she had pre-existing neck problems. ...Read More | |||
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Stephens Named Director for Defense Bar Group | 11/14/2019 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Virginia lawyer E. Ford Stephens has been named a national director for an insurance defense organization, his law firm announced this week. ...Read More | |||
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State Launches Expedited Rules on PTSD Treatment | 11/13/2019 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry's Workers' Compensation Division is accepting public comment on rules that would govern how post-traumatic stress disorder will be treated and compensated for first responders. ...Read More | |||
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SAIF Board to Hear Report on Claimant Experience | 11/12/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The SAIF board of directors is holding a regular meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday. The meeting will take place at 400 High St. SE in Salem, Ore...Read More | |||
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Supplemental Surcharge for Second Injury Fund to Drop to 2% | 11/12/2019 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Missouri employers and insurers will see a break on the amount they must pay next year to support the state's Second Injury Fund. The Missou...Read More | |||
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Split Court Overturns Jury's Award to Worker on Bad Faith Claim | 11/07/2019 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Mississippi Court of Appeals overturned a jury verdict awarding a parcel delivery driver $100,000 in damages on his bad faith claim against his employer’s workers’ compensation carrier. ...Read More | |||
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Sean Quinn Reappointed to Workers' Comp Court of Appeals | 11/05/2019 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has reappointed Sean Quinn as a judge on the Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Court of Appeals. ...Read More | |||
