Workers' Compensation News
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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 | ||
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| 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 | |||
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Texas Mutual Distributing $330M Dividend Early | 04/08/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that its board of directors approved a plan to distribute a $330 million dividend two months early in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...Read More | |||
