Workers' Compensation News
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Temporary Worker Can't Sue Borrowing Employer | 06/25/2021 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a worker's personal injury suit against her borrowing employer was barred by the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Treatment of Infection in Prosthetic Hip Not Compensable | 06/15/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that treatment of an infection in a worker’s prosthetic hip was not compensable, even though the prosthetic was the result of a job injury. ...Read More | |||
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Terms of Indemnity Agreement Don't Defeat Subcontractor's Immunity Under Comp Law | 06/10/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that an indemnity agreement between an equipment rental company and a subcontractor could not overcome the subcontractor's immunity under the workers’ compensation law. ...Read More | |||
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Tim O'Grady Joins Safety National's Large Casualty Unit as Underwriting VP | 06/08/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Safety National on Monday announced that Tim O’Grady joined the company as vice president of underwriting in the company’s large casualty division, which is responsible for large deductible workers’ compensation, commercial auto and commercial general liability coverage dis...Read More | |||
| Texas Comp Claims Increased 34% in 2020 | 06/04/2021 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Department of Workers' Compensation experienced a 34% spike in total workers' compensation claims in 2020 compared with 2019, with the increase in COVID-19 claims temporarily interrupting the state’s 20-year trend in year-over-year comp claim declines, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Tower MSA Hosting Webinar on Legacy Claims | 05/28/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Tower MSA Partners will discuss during a June 24 webinar how to take legacy claims to settlement. ...Read More | |||
| TDI Adopts Deductible Update to Statistical Plan | 05/27/2021 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance on Tuesday said it adopted an update to the Statistical Plan for Workers’ Compensation and Employers Liability Insurance, correcting an error by removing an expiration date for deductible plan code “13.” A 2017 order inadvertently added ...Read More | |||
| Tow Company Must Pay Benefits for Driver's Fatal Accident Since Driver Qualified as Employee | 05/17/2021 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a tow company operator was liable for the payment of death benefits to the family of a tow truck driver because he was an employee and not an independent contractor. ...Read More | |||
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Texas Mutual Names Larry Martin SVP of Human Resources | 05/17/2021 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Texas Mutual Insurance Co. Company named Larry Martin as the company’s new senior vice president of human resources. ...Read More | |||
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Testan Law Announces Death of Founding Partner Steve Testan | 05/13/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation defense firm Testan Law on Wednesday announced the death of founding partner Steven Carl Testan. ...Read More | |||
