Workers' Compensation News
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State's Workplace Fatality Rate Up in Latest MSC Report | 09/10/2019 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The workplace fatality rate in Minnesota grew to 3.5 per 100,000 full-time workers in 2017, the highest rate in at least a decade, according to new data from the Minnesota Safety Council. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Grants Benefits to Police Officer's Widow | 09/10/2019 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Supreme Court ruled that the widow of a former police officer was entitled to benefits for his death from an occupational disease. ...Read More | |||
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Standard Lodging, Mileage Rates to Increase | 09/10/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Injured workers will see an increase in per mile reimbursement rates as well as the standard lodging rate, the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Bill to Extend '4850 Time' to School Police | 09/09/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Police officers working for school districts throughout California would be eligible to receive up to one year of salary continuation pay in lieu of temporary disability, under a measure heading to the desk of Gov. Gavin Newsom. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Deems Worker's Parking Lot Injuries Compensable | 09/09/2019 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Utah Supreme Court ruled that a worker’s fall in a communal parking area outside her office building caused a compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
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SAIF Board Declares $120M Primary Dividend, $40M Safety Dividend | 09/05/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The board of directors for Oregon’s SAIF Corp. on Wednesday approved two dividends that the carrier said will return $160 million to policyholders. ...Read More | |||
| Stakeholders Should Complete Drug Price Survey Online, Commission Says | 09/05/2019 | ||
| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission is reminding stakeholders to complete a prescription drug cost survey, available at the commission's website. Users must log in with their email addre...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Process for Rating Impairment | 09/04/2019 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that an administrative law judge properly limited her discussion of controlling law for defining an “active” or “dormant” pre-existing condition when a worker’s condition did not fall into either category. ...Read More | |||
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Sept. 19 Hearings Scheduled to Discuss Assessments | 09/04/2019 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oregon’s Workers’ Compensation Division will discuss proposed 2020 assessments during a Sept. 19 hearing in Salem. The division...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Limits Benefits in Pending Claims With Swinford Ruling | 08/30/2019 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: KY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Thousands of injured workers who have pending claims will be limited to just four years of benefits instead of eight, thanks to a Kentucky Supreme Court ruling Thursday that reversed part of an appeals court decision. ...Read More | |||
