Workers' Compensation News
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Split Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Worker in Malpractice Suit | 10/21/2021 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Mississippi Court of Appeals overturned a grant of partial summary judgment to a worker on her malpractice claim against the firm that had misled her into believing her employer had offered a settlement. ...Read More | |||
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Second Injury Fund Liabilities Fall to $226 Million | 10/21/2021 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The unfunded liability for Florida’s second injury fund fell to $226 million as of June 30 from $237 million at the same point last year, according to a new report by Aon Risk Solutions. ...Read More | |||
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Service Lloyds Selects Origami for Insurance Suite | 10/20/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Work comp carrier Service Lloyds Insurance Co. announced a deal with Origami Risk to provide a fully integrated, single platform for claims adjudication, reporting and delivery of enhanced client services. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Revives Estate's Claim for Benefits in Suicide Case | 10/19/2021 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Supreme Court of New Hampshire revived an estate’s claim that a worker’s depression and anxiety from job-related stress was compensable, remanding for a determination of whether the man's mental state led to his suicide. ...Read More | |||
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Study: Comp Benefits Fall Over Five-Year Period | 10/18/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Standardized benefits paid to injured workers from 2015 to 2019 have continued to drop, in line with a 10-year trend, according to a study released Thursday by the National Academy of Social Insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Deadlines for Workers to Submit Medical Bills | 10/15/2021 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a worker timely submitted his medical expenses to his employer more than a year after he received treatment and filed his claim. ...Read More | |||
| Split Supreme Court Finds Worker Had No Compensable Impairment after Knee Injury | 10/08/2021 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker had no compensable impairment following a fall resulting in a knee injury. ...Read More | |||
| Split Supreme Court Clarifies Availability of TTD for Worker who Declines Offer of Suitable Position | 10/08/2021 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Ohio Supreme Court ordered the Industrial Commission to revisit its decision awarding temporary total disability benefits to a worker who declined her employer’s offer of suitable alternative work for reasons unrelated to her injury. ...Read More | |||
| Split Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Alleged Repetitive Trauma Shoulder Injury | 10/07/2021 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to a worker for a left shoulder injury he blamed on his repetitive lifting, and he did not report until nearly five months after he started experiencing symptoms. ...Read More | |||
| Supreme Court Suspends Attorney for Abandoning Multiple Workers' Comp Clients | 10/05/2021 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Supreme Court last week suspended a Louisville-area attorney for five years for misconduct related to his representation of multiple clients in their workers’ compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
