Workers' Compensation News
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Task Force Urges Legislature to Take Steps to Stem Misclassification | 12/15/2020 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters has “strongly endorsed” a Wisconsin task force's report on worker misclassification, which includes recommendations for the upcoming legislative session. ...Read More | |||
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Top Officials Hail State's 6.6% Rate Decrease | 12/04/2020 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Some of Florida's top elected officials are highlighting a 6.6% average decrease in workers' compensation rates for 2021, almost a month after it was approved by the state's insurance commissioner. ...Read More | |||
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Terms of Worker's Settlement Bar His FEHA Action | 11/19/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a Kaiser Permanente employee’s execution of a release of claims in connection with his workers’ compensation settlement operated to bar his claim against his employer for disability discrimination. ...Read More | |||
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Trial Judge Errs in Setting Aside Verdict for Worker | 11/19/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a trial judge erred in setting aside a jury verdict for an injured worker on his Labor Law claim for a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Three Bus Drivers File Workers' Comp Claims After Catching COVID-19 | 11/19/2020 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Three Honolulu public transit drivers have filed workers’ compensation claims after contracting COVID-19, according to a local news outlet. Sinc...Read More | |||
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TMI Grants $3.5 Million Dividend to New Policyholders | 11/12/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has announced $3.5 million in dividend payments to new policyholders. It's part of the company's $330 million in ...Read More | |||
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TDI Wants to Set Maintenance Tax by Order, Not Rulemaking | 11/09/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance wants to change the way maintenance taxes and fees are assessed, from a lengthy rulemaking process to one in which the insurance commissioner issues an order each year. ...Read More | |||
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Traveling Nurses Face Difficulties on Comp Claims | 11/05/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The demand for traveling nurses has spiked during the coronavirus pandemic, but they are facing some of the greatest difficulties in finding paid leave and workers' compensation benefits, Kaiser Health News reports. ...Read More | |||
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Truck Driver Can't Compel Arbitration for Underinsured Motorist Benefits | 11/03/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a truck driver could not compel his employer’s insurance provider to arbitrate his claims for underinsured motorist benefits seven years after he allegedly suffered injuries in a collision. ...Read More | |||
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Tortfeasor Did Not Enter Into Binding Settlement With Injured Worker | 10/30/2020 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Florida appellate court ruled that a worker did not enter into a binding settlement agreement with a third-party tortfeasor because the tortfeasor had not validly accepted the terms. ...Read More | |||
