Workers' Compensation News
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Split Supreme Court Accepts Impossibility Defense to VSSR Claims | 10/01/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 66 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read | |||
| In a case of first impression, a divided Ohio Supreme Court last week ruled that an employer can defend itself from liability for an enhanced award of benefits based on a violation of a specific safety requirement if it would have been impossible to comply. ...Read More | |||
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Son Cannot Maintain Secondhand Exposure Tort Claim Against Father's Employer | 10/01/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 91 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 7 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a son could not maintain a tort action against his father’s employer for injuries from toxins that had been brought home on work clothing. ...Read More | |||
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Study Shows How Dispensing Reforms Helped in Some States, but Not Others | 09/28/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 193 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 30 min read | |||
| Legislation passed in 2014 designed to curb physician-dispensed medications has had a significant effect on cost, but perhaps not as much as lawmakers had hoped, thanks to new pharmacies that sprang up to fill expensive compound-drug prescriptions. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Law on Voluntary Abandonment | 09/28/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 135 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 21 min read | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a worker who quit his job before recovering from a compensable injury lost his entitlement to temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Stands by COCA Ruling on Time Limits to Seek Additional Compensation | 09/28/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 97 | 0 | Popular with Employer | 2 min read | |||
| The Oklahoma Supreme Court will not disturb a decision allowing workers to file a claim for additional compensation for a period of up to one year after the employer’s last payment of medical benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Seasonal Worker Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor | 09/26/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 342 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 100 min read | |||
| A California farmworker who lied about the extent of her injuries will serve 100 hours of community service and pay a $220 fine after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor, Intercare Holdings Insurance Services said Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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State Making Another Pass at Setting Up Uninsured Employers Fund | 09/20/2018 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 95 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 163 min read | |||
| Rhode Island regulators will make another pass at establishing an uninsured employers fund next year, but it won’t pay medical bills, and benefits will be limited to $50,000 per claim, according to ...Read More | |||
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SAIF Holding Forum for Reforestation Employers | 09/19/2018 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 66 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 44 min read | |||
| Oregon’s SAIF Corp. is holding payroll reporting and injury prevention training for employers in the business of restocking depleted forests and woodlands. ...Read More | |||
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Statute of Limitations Barred Worker's Claim for PTSD From Armed Robbery | 09/19/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 109 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 57 min read | |||
| The Supreme Court of Tennessee’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel ruled that a worker was time-barred from pursuing a claim for a mental injury from an armed robbery at her workplace. ...Read More | |||
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Support for Geographic Pricing Grows; SCIF Requests Time for Implementation | 09/18/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 728 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 33 min read | |||
| The California Orthopaedic Association came out in support of a proposal to incorporate geographic price modifiers into the medical fee schedule during a 15-day comment period that ended Friday, and State Compensation Insurance Fund has asked for at least six months to implement the changes....Read More | |||
