Workers' Compensation News
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Shipwright Can't Get Comp Benefits Plus Jones Act Recovery for Same Accident | 08/06/2020 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker is not entitled to benefits under both the Jones Act and the state Workers’ Compensation Act, and that the carrier who paid Jones Act benefits is not entitled to subrogation from the employer. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Denies PTD Benefits to Coal Miner With Multiple Injuries, Pneumoconiosis | 08/05/2020 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of permanent total disability benefits to a former coal miner with a history of multiple injuries and occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Study: Health Care Workers File 9 Times More COVID-Related WC Claims Than Other Groups | 08/04/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Health care workers make up nearly two-thirds of all COVID-related workers' compensation claims, and they have filed more than nine times as many claims as any other group, according to a new study. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to PPD Determination Process | 08/04/2020 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Utah Supreme Court rejected a worker’s constitutional challenge to the Labor Commission’s process for determining permanent partial disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Special Session to Start Aug. 10 | 08/03/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Gov. Kate Brown will call lawmakers to the Capitol next week for a special legislative session to address a $1.2 billion budget gap, according to a report by Oregon Public Broadcasting...Read More | |||
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SUNZ Names New Executive VP, Director of Sales | 08/03/2020 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida-based SUNZ Insurance has added two new top employees to its team, the company announced. ...Read More | |||
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Subcontractor Can't Seek Indemnification for Damages Paid to Workers | 07/31/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a subcontractor could not seek common-law indemnification from the general contractor overseeing a construction project where two employees were injured. ...Read More | |||
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State Fraud Investigators Using More Online Tools to Check for Compliance | 07/30/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| While field investigations have ground to a halt, some state workers' compensation agencies are now using internet tools to examine coverage compliance by employers, regulators said Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Special Disability Fund Has No Liability to Carrier Due to Lack of Evidence | 07/29/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier that failed to submit medical evidence in support of its claim is not entitled to reimbursement from the Special Disability Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Termination of Reclassified Worker's Benefits | 07/24/2020 | |
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| State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled that the Workforce Safety and Insurance Fund properly terminated an injured worker’s benefits based on evidence that he ought to have been classified as a sheet metal worker at the time of his injury and that he was capable of returning to work. ...Read More | |||
