Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Can't Get Modification of Arbitrator's Award | 12/30/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a worker could not request modification of an arbitrator’s decision denying his request for prejudgment interest and costs after prevailing in his claim. ...Read More | |||
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With AB 685, Employers Will Navigate Web of COVID Regulations as Pandemic Spills Into 2021 | 12/29/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| As the calendar turns to a new year, California employers will have to abide by at least three sets of intersecting COVID-19 regulations if they want to stay on top of evolving workers’ compensation laws in 2021, defense attorneys said. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Establishes Entitlement to Commutation of Future PTD Benefits | 12/29/2020 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a permanently and totally disabled worker was entitled to a commutation of his future benefit payments to pay off his house and invest. ...Read More | |||
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WCS: 38% of COVID-19 Claims Accepted | 12/29/2020 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section reported in the winter edition of its newsletter that a little more than one-third of the claims for COVID-19 that were filed through Nov. 30 were accepted. ...Read More | |||
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Wolf Wants $145 Million From Comp Fund to Go to Business Grants | 12/28/2020 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is asking lawmakers to transfer $145 million from the Workers' Compensation Security Fund to be used as grants to small businesses hit by the pandemic recession. ...Read More | |||
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Widow's Benefits From Retirement System Offset by Comp Award | 12/23/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a widow’s accidental death benefits are subject to an offset to account for the workers’ compensation benefits she also received for her husband’s death. ...Read More | |||
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WCB Meets Jan. 14 and 15 | 12/23/2020 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board will meet over two days in January to hear updates from working groups and to reaffirm a call for lawmakers to promote stronger return-to-work measures. ...Read More | |||
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Worker May Proceed With Amended Labor Law Claim | 12/22/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been allowed to amend his claim for injuries and that it should have survived a motion for summary judgment. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB Commissioner Gaffney Absent From Most 2020 En Banc Decisions | 12/21/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Commissioner Juan Pedro Gaffney participated in just one of the 10 en banc decisions issued in 2020, and the California Department of Industrial Relations says it won’t provid...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Predicts Lowest Premiums Since 2012 | 12/21/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California projects written premium for 2020 will be the lowest since 2012. The $...Read More | |||
