Workers' Compensation News
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Senator Amends Presumption Bill to Mimic Governor's EO; Businesses Worry About Increased Costs​ | 06/23/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers last week took steps that would head off any efforts to challenge Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order creating a COVID-19 presumption by inserting similar provisions when amending a Senate bill. ...Read More | |||
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Second IME Selection Panel Meets in July | 06/23/2020 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The panel that selects physicians to be included on the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board’s list of second independent medical examiners will hold three public hearings in July. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Tosses Jury's Award to Injured Worker Misled by Attorney | 06/22/2020 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker failed to present adequate evidence to support a jury’s $2.8 million verdict in his lawsuit against his former attorney for lying to him. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies DOI's Authority to Review Application of NCCI Rules | 06/22/2020 | |
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| State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Supreme Court of Idaho unanimously ruled that the state Department of Insurance has the statutory authority to interpret rules promulgated by ratemaking organizations and to review the application of rules to a workers’ compensation policy. ...Read More | |||
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San Francisco Top Cop Sues DoorDash Over Misclassification | 06/17/2020 | |
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| San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin on Tuesday announced a lawsuit against DoorDash alleging the company has classified delivery workers as contractors when California law requires they be classified as employees. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Reinstates Award to Diabetic Worker With Pre-Existing Foot Condition | 06/16/2020 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court ruled that a diabetic worker with a pre-existing foot condition was entitled to benefits for his disability from an acceleration of the condition caused by a work injury. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Approves Death Benefits COLA for Essential Workers | 06/16/2020 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A plan to provide cost-of-living adjustments to benefits for essential workers who die from COVID-19 passed the New Jersey Senate Monday morning. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Rejects Claim by Family of Trucker Allegedly Worked to Death | 06/15/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a truck driver’s family could not assert a civil claim against his employer for allegedly overworking him to the point that he died in a crash. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Committee Votes to Kill COVID Presumption Bill | 06/12/2020 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Colorado state Senate committee unanimously voted to indefinitely delay a bill that would have created a COVID-19 presumption for essential workers. ...Read More | |||
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Senator Proposes Presumption for Wildland Firefighters | 06/11/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A U.S. senator introduced legislation that would create a presumption that wildland firefighters contracted COVID-19 in the line of work. Sen. Jo...Read More | |||
