Workers' Compensation News
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State Fund Launches Online Earthquake Safety Resource Center | 10/08/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| State Compensation Insurance Fund launched an earthquake resource center on its safety website to help Californians prepare for future disasters. ...Read More | |||
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Stormy Tenure for Chief Comp Judge Comes to an End; 'Crouser Soze' Named to Post | 10/07/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| After several turbulent years in which a state official tried to remove the chief workers' compensation judge from office, and a former underling was prosecuted for a fake social media posting about her, Judge Rebecca Roush will soon be out of office. ...Read More | |||
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State Supreme Court Approves Epidural Injections for Injured Bus Driver | 10/07/2019 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a bus driver who sought additional thoracic epidural steroid injections after his injury in a rear-end collision in 2015. ...Read More | |||
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Self-Driving Vehicles' Benefits to Comp Will Be Gradual, Some Say | 10/04/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Self-driving commercial vehicles are starting to hit the road, and while the technology may benefit workers’ comp, the impact will be very gradual, some say. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Rebukes Comp Judge for 'Appalling' Actions in Trooper Claim | 10/04/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: SC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A South Carolina workers' compensation commissioner, criticized for anti-claimant statements in recent years, is in the news again, this time after she received a sharp rebuke from the state Supreme Court. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Knocks Disbarred Attorney for Unauthorized Practice | 09/27/2019 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Supreme Court of South Carolina ruled that a disbarred attorney had engaged in the unauthorized practice of law by representing clients before the Department of Labor's Office of Administrative Law Judges. ...Read More | |||
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S&P Global: Comp Premiums Down 2.82% in First Half of 2019 | 09/26/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Earned workers’ compensation premiums fell 2.82% to $27.03 billion in the first half of 2019, according to an S&P Global Market Intelligence analysis. ...Read More | |||
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State Gets Another Rate Decrease Despite Potentially Higher Benefits | 09/25/2019 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Despite concerns that a compromise bill passed this year would result in higher workers' compensation rates, the Oklahoma Insurance Department has approved a 5.1% decrease in average loss costs for the state. ...Read More | |||
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State Website Helps Businesses Meet Comp Requirements | 09/20/2019 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The State of Delaware has rolled out a new website to make it easier to meet requirements for starting a new business. ...Read More | |||
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State Supreme Court Rules Against Worker | 09/19/2019 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a Workers' Compensation Board of Review ruling, denying extended temporary benefits to a sales representative who was injured when a large box of cat litter fell on his foot. ...Read More | |||
