Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Says Mayor's Company Retaliated Against Him for Comp Claim | 02/03/2021 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A worker for a beverage company owned by the mayor of a South Carolina resort city has filed suit, alleging he was fired after he filed a workers' compensation injury claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Object Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 02/02/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for injuries from being struck by a falling object while he was using a metal jack to lift a beam. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Secures Award of Penalties for Employer's Failure to Pay for Treatment | 02/01/2021 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award of penalties to an injured worker for his employer’s failure to pay for treatments for his pain from an industrial injury. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Updates Gainful Occupational Determination Instructions | 02/01/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division posted updated instructions for determining gainful employment as part of permanent disability evaluations. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Doesn't Lose Entitlement to Benefits During Pretrial Incarceration | 01/29/2021 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an injured worker does not lose entitlement to benefits during the time he was incarcerated prior to his entry of a guilty plea in a criminal case. ...Read More | |||
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With Law Expiring, Agency Adopts Emergency Presumption Rule for First Responders | 01/29/2021 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| With a COVID-19 presumption law and a governor's order set to expire in the next few weeks but the pandemic still in full bloom, Missouri regulators have come up with a temporary solution. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Webinar to Explore Impact of Formulary | 01/28/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California is holding a webinar Feb. 11 that will explore the impact of the prescription drug formulary that was put in place on Jan. 1, 2018. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Adopts Permanent Rules Requiring Investigation of COVID Claims | 01/28/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division adopted permanent rules describing the scope of the investigation carriers must undertake before denying a claim for COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Webinar to Explore Collision of COVID, Opioid Epidemic | 01/27/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A free webinar on Feb. 10 will explore the interplay between the opioid epidemic and COVID-19 pandemic. Risico and the Institutes of Health are presen...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Assert Viable Labor Law, Negligence Claims | 01/26/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker failed to assert viable claims for negligence and violations of the Labor Law based on his slip and fall while installing tile in a bathroom. ...Read More | |||
