Workers' Compensation News
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State Fund Accepting Applications for $50M Return-to-Work Safety Fund | 05/27/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| State Compensation Insurance Fund on Tuesday started accepting applications for the $50 million fund it created to help policyholders implement new safety measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 as California’s stay-at-home orders are lifted. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for Attorney Fee Awards | 05/27/2020 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker should not have been denied fees for his appellate counsel because the attorney’s affidavit provided enough information to make a calculation of a reasonable award. ...Read More | |||
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State Workers' Compensation Offices to Reopen for In-Person Visits | 05/26/2020 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Industrial Commission of Arizona announced that it will reopen buildings in the state’s two largest cities on Wednesday, according to a department news release. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Declares Award of Fees Per Se Reasonable | 05/20/2020 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Commonwealth Court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to a fee award for his attorney representing 20% of his medical compensation, without regard to the amount and degree of difficulty of the work performed. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgment Can't Be Granted in Tort Action Over Fatal Trench Collapse | 05/19/2020 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that an excavation company was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing a tort action against it and its owner for a fatal trench collapse. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Approves $667 Million Presumption Relief Fund, Then Adjourns | 05/19/2020 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Six weeks after the Minnesota Legislature approved a COVID-19 presumption measure for first responders and other frontline workers, the state Senate passed a bill that would help cities and counties afford the claims. ...Read More | |||
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SUNZ Insurance Solutions Names Rick Leonard President | 05/19/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| SUNZ Holdings announced that Rick Leonard, former director of sales and executive vice president, was named the company’s president. ...Read More | |||
| Senate Committee Passes One COVID Presumption Bill, Votes Down Another​ | 05/18/2020 | ||
| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Senate committee last week passed a bill that its author said would be “the largest and most expansive presumption in the history of the state of California.” ...Read More | |||
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Senate Approves Presumption, X-Mod Bill | 05/18/2020 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| By a vote of 27-10, the New Jersey Senate on Thursday approved a bill that would provide a presumption that COVID-19 illness is work-related for most essential workers. ...Read More | |||
| Some Employers, Worker Advocates Seeing Red Over Insurers' Rosy Profit Report | 05/14/2020 | ||
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
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| Officials at the National Council on Compensation Insurance's annual symposium this week stressed repeatedly that the comp insurance industry is riding high as it sails into the COVID-19 recession, thanks to record profits and reserve funding. ...Read More | |||
