Workers' Compensation News
| Supreme Court Demands Additional Factual Findings on Firefighter's Entitlement to Benefits | 11/25/2019 | ||
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| The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that additional findings were necessary to determine whether an injured firefighter was entitled to wage-loss benefits after he was removed from duty. ...Read More | |||
| State Worker Charged with Fraud | 11/25/2019 | ||
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| A worker for the Connecticut Department of Developmental Services is facing fraud charges for allegedly failing to report that she was working while receiving workers’ compensation benefits, according the Chief State’s Attorney announced. Andrea Acevedo, 34, was charged Thursd...Read More | |||
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Senate Committee Follows House With Terrorism Reinsurance Renewal | 11/21/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
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| Just two months after insurers had all but given up on Congress renewing a terrorist-attack backstop program before it expires next year, the bill has gained new life. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Standard for Determining Employer's Premises | 11/21/2019 | |
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| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits to a flight attendant for injuries she sustained while riding a shuttle bus from the terminal to the employee parking lot. ...Read More | |||
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Staffing Agency's Employee Can't Pursue Tort Claim Against Borrowing Employer | 11/19/2019 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Pennsylvania’s Superior Court ruled that an injured worker could not proceed with a tort claim against the company that had contracted with his employer for the temporary provision of his labor. ...Read More | |||
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State Sees 14% Drop in Professional Services Costs After Fee Schedule | 11/15/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| States that are struggling to keep a lid on medical costs may want to take a look at Virginia's fee schedule, which has cut costs for professional services significantly in just one year. ...Read More | |||
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Special Disability Fund Comes to an End | 11/15/2019 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| 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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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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 | |||
