Workers' Compensation News
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TDI Posts Updates on Office Closures Due to Storm | 07/09/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance said it closed seven Division of Workers’ Compensation field offices along the Gulf Coast in response to Hurricane Beryl. ...Read More | |||
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Temp Worker Can't Maintain Tort Suit Against Employer's Client | 06/12/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a temporary employment provider’s employee could not pursue a civil remedy against his employer’s client for an on-the-job injury. ...Read More | |||
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Truck Driver's Prior Leg Injuries Don't Subject Award to Offset | 05/17/2024 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that an injured truck driver’s award for a knee injury was not subject to offset due to prior leg injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Triable Questions Foreclose Summary Judgment | 05/14/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim, finding triable issues remained as to the circumstances of his alleged accident. ...Read More | |||
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Task Force Recommends Increasing Attorney Fee, Discovery Advance | 05/07/2024 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A task force created by New Mexico lawmakers to analyze workers’ compensation attorney fees recommended upping the cap by 33% and increasing the current employer-paid discovery advance by 16%. ...Read More | |||
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TMIC Announces $350M Dividend | 05/02/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that its board of directors approved a $350 million dividend for qualifying policyholders. The carrier said abo...Read More | |||
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Treatment Allegedly Outside Guidelines Still Reasonable, Necessary for Worker | 04/29/2024 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court upheld a determination that an injured worker’s treatments were reasonable and necessary even though they allegedly fell outside the parameters of the state’s administrative health care practice guidelines. ...Read More | |||
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Traveling Employee Gets Award for Injuries From Fall Down Stairs at Office | 04/10/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a municipal worker was a traveling employee and entitled to benefits for his injuries from falling down stairs as he was leaving his office. ...Read More | |||
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Toll Collector Not Entitled to Expand Scope of Claim, Get Additional Benefits | 03/28/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a toll collector was not entitled to add conditions to her claim for a shoulder injury and that she was not entitled to additional treatment or benefits. ...Read More | |||
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TDI Adopts Revisions to Classification System | 03/14/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance on Wednesday announced that it has adopted changes to its rules that replace state-specific phrases with multistate classifications used by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. ...Read More | |||
