Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Denies Radiofrequency Ablation for Worker With Back Injury | 03/31/2022 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a worker was not entitled to radiofrequency ablation as treatment for a lumbar sprain/strain and contusion. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Reduces Award to Comp Firm for Carrier's Delay in Tendering Defense | 03/30/2022 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Louisiana Supreme Court reduced an award to a workers' compensation firm from its insurance carrier based on the carrier's failure to timely secure counsel to defend it from a claim by an injured employee. ...Read More | |||
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SFM Mutual Insurance Names Sarah Hunter VP of Claims | 03/29/2022 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| SFM Mutual Insurance Co. named Sarah Hunter vice president of claims to succeed the retiring Meg Kasting. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Award to Uninsured Subcontractor's Employee for Saw Mishap | 03/29/2022 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously affirmed an award to an uninsured subcontractor’s injured employee for his injuries from a power saw accident. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Proper Method to Determine Principal Place of Business | 03/28/2022 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that the actual physical location where a corporation conducts its business is its principal place of business. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Says Employer Can Be Nonparty Defendant in Worker's Civil Suit | 03/25/2022 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that an employer entitled to statutory immunity from civil liability for a worker’s injuries could be named as a nonparty defendant in the worker’s civil suit against a third-party tortfeasor. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Worker With Alleged Second Injury | 03/24/2022 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wyoming Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to a retail worker, finding she failed to prove her alleged back injury was a second compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
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SCOTUS Sets Oral Arguments in Presumption Challenge State Now Calls 'Moot' | 03/23/2022 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Supreme Court next month will hear the Biden administration’s challenge to a Washington state law that presumes the compensability of certain conditions suffered by federal workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says General Contractor Can Be Liable for Reimbursement to Comp Fund | 03/22/2022 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Kansas' highest court ordered an employer to reimburse the state compensation fund for the benefits it paid on behalf of an uninsured subcontractor's employee. ...Read More | |||
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State Fund Declares 5% Dividend for 2021 Policy Year | 03/18/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund on Thursday announced it will distribute about $55 million in dividends to qualifying policyholders with policies in effect between Jan. 1, 2021, and Dec. 31, 2021. ...Read More | |||
