Workers' Compensation News
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Split Court Won't Allow Employer to Set Aside Default Judgment for Worker | 03/20/2020 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was not entitled to have a default judgment for an injured worker set aside. ...Read More | |||
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State Relaxes Rules on Telemedicine, Allowing Reimbursement | 03/20/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Patients will not have to visit a doctor's office before qualifying for telemedicine services, and most insurers must now pay the same for telemedicine as for similar in-person care, state officials said Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Benefits for School Teacher | 03/19/2020 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that a school teacher was not entitled to benefits for her alleged injuries from a fall as she entered her workplace, absent any credible evidence that her accident involved a risk to which she was not equally exposed to in her private life. ...Read More | |||
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State Classifies Worker Exposure Risk to Coronavirus | 03/17/2020 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Officials in Hawaii have classified worker exposure risk to the COVID-19 virus into four categories, according to the state’s Department of Labor & Industrial Relations. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Suit Against Insurance Broker | 03/17/2020 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a negligence claim against an insurance broker for failing to provide an employer with workers’ compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
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State Fund Closes Monday to Curb Child Care Concerns Amid COVID-19 Threat | 03/17/2020 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana State Fund closed Monday to give workers a chance to arrange child care after the governor shut down schools, according to a report by the ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Clarifies Defendants' Ability to Designate Responsible 3rd Parties | 03/16/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a trial judge should have granted a tort defendant's motion to designate a responsible third party in a construction worker’s personal injury suit. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Won't Review Denial of Payment to Interpretation Service Provider | 03/13/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Supreme Court will not review a Court of Appeals decision from last year that held that an insurance carrier did not have to pay an interpreter’s bills. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Again Rebukes Comp Commissioner for Action Against Claimant | 03/13/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: SC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In another rebuke to a famously outspoken workers' compensation judge, the South Carolina Supreme Court this week overturned her finding that a deafened claimant should be denied benefits because he appeared to be less than credible. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes IWIF, Assessment Bills | 03/12/2020 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Maryland Senate unanimously passed bills that would allow the Workers' Compensation Commission to increase Uninsured Employers' Fund assessments and require the Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund to administer claims for state employees. ...Read More | |||
