Workers' Compensation News
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Temporary Rules Cut Penalty for Uninsured Employers | 05/29/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division adopted rules that temporarily reduce the penalty for a first violation of operating without workers' compensation insurance in what it described as an effort to reduce economic burdens on businesses that might be struggling with the effects of ...Read More | |||
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Three of Four Presumption Bills Make CalChamber's 'Job Killer' List | 05/21/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Three of the four bills that would create a presumption that COVID-19 is compensable as an occupational condition made the California Chamber of Commerce’s annual “job killer” list. ...Read More | |||
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Tenn. Resumes In-Person Hearings; N.H. Moves to Video Conferencing | 05/13/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| One state has stopped in-person claims hearings while another is allowing them again — with requisite personal protection measures — as the pandemic continues across the country. ...Read More | |||
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Tower MSA Partners, myMatrixx Set Webinar on Settling Legacy Claims | 05/07/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Tower MSA Partners is teaming up with myMatrixx to present a free webinar for workers’ compensation professionals May 20 about how to reduce prescription drug spending in legacy claims. ...Read More | |||
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Two Years Later, Plan to Use Law Students in Medical Claims Still Waiting to Launch | 05/05/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Almost two years after the New York Workers' Compensation Board approved rules to allow law students and interns to represent injured workers in medical-only claims, the program has gone nowhere, leaving many workers to represent themselves. ...Read More | |||
| Third Coast Underwriters Expanding to Florida, Wisconsin | 05/04/2020 | ||
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| Third Coast Underwriters announced Friday that it will offer workers' compensation insurance in Florida and Wisconsin, expanding its coverage to 21 states. ...Read More | |||
| Telemedicine Expansion Does Not Apply to MMI and IR Exams, DWC Says | 05/01/2020 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation is reminding health care providers that while telemedicine has been encouraged during the COVID-19 social distancing requirements, some types of exams can only be done in person. ...Read More | |||
| Texas DWC Wants COVID-19 Data Call; Nebraska Allows Pro-Se Filings By Email | 04/29/2020 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| State agencies across the nation have posted new procedures, hearing schedules and data call information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and its social distancing requirements. Here's a look at some of the latest bulletins from eastern states. ...Read More | |||
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Truck Driver Fails to Assert Viable Tort Claim | 04/28/2020 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of an injured truck driver’s premises liability claim against the operator of a commercial granary. ...Read More | |||
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Tree Trimmer Gets Benefits for Injuries From Car Accident | 04/24/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a tree trimmer is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for his injuries from a car accident that occurred as he was on his way to pick up a bucket truck from his employer’s parking lot. ...Read More | |||
