Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request for Additional Treatment, TTD Benefits | 01/23/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld the denial of a worker’s requests for additional medical benefits and temporary total disability benefits for a back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says Worker Must Repay TTD Benefits She Received After Reaching MMI | 01/19/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Ohio appellate court panel ruled that an injured worker was required to repay the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation for temporary total disability benefits she received after the date her doctor declared her to be at maximum medical improvement. ...Read More | |||
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System Users Unite in Support for Separate Self-Insured Reserve Fund | 01/13/2023 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Lobbyists for employers and organized labor on Thursday testified in support of a bill requested by the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries that would create a new reserve fund for self-insured employers and prevent interest earnings from being moved to the state’s general f...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Says Change in Case Law Doesn't Require Reopening of Record | 01/12/2023 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Missouri Supreme Court ruled that an administrative law judge did not abuse her discretion in denying a worker’s post-hearing motions to reopen the record and submit additional evidence in light of new precedent that clarified the appropriate statute under which he should have bro...Read More | |||
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Split Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Firefighter Who Claimed Psychological Injuries | 01/11/2023 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Florida appellate court upheld the denial of benefits to a firefighter for his claimed mental injuries from work-related trauma. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for School Nurse After Student's Choking Death | 01/11/2023 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to an elementary school nurse for mental health problems she suffered after she unsuccessfully attempted to save the life of a choking child. ...Read More | |||
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Study: Marijuana for Chronic Pain Helps Cut Opioid Use | 01/10/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Chronic pain patients who have opted for medical marijuana as a treatment alternative have been able to significantly cut down their use of opioid prescription medications and other drugs, according to a recently published study in the JAMA Network Open. ...Read More | |||
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Sean McNally Elected 2023 Chair of CHSWC | 01/04/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation announced that commissioner Sean McNally will serve as chairman in 2023. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds Loss-of-Use Award to Daughter of Worker Killed in Truck Wreck | 01/04/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a worker’s daughter was entitled to an award for the loss of use of his limbs from an accident in the short time that elapsed before he died at the scene. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Deputy Entitled to Presumption of Work-Relatedness for PTSD | 01/03/2023 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that a deputy sheriff was entitled to a presumption that his post-traumatic stress disorder was an occupational disease even though his employer offered a competing diagnosis. ...Read More | |||
