Workers' Compensation News
| State Postpones Medical Treatment Guidelines Until Jan. 1 | 06/26/2020 | ||
| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two years in the making, Kentucky's new medical treatment guidelines will be delayed another few months because of the coronavirus pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Increases Sanction on Attorney for Failing to Safeguard Settlement | 06/25/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Louisiana Supreme Court extended the length of time a disbarred attorney has to wait before seeking readmission as a sanction for his failure to safeguard an incarcerated client’s workers’ compensation settlement funds. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Won't Revive Tort Claim Over Drowning Death at Refinery | 06/25/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Louisiana appellate court declined review of an intentional tort action against a refinery owner and contractor based on a worker’s drowning. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Overturns Dismissal of Widow's FELA Claim | 06/25/2020 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals revived a widow’s claim against her husband’s employer, finding the trial judge had committed an abuse of discretion in refusing to allow her to belatedly amend her complaint. ...Read More | |||
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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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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| 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 | |||
