Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Unsecured Ladder | 10/20/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from an unsecured ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Witnesses Slam D.C.'s Dual Comp System | 10/19/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: DC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| For almost three hours Friday, Washington, D.C., leaders heard from two dozen injured workers and attorneys who testified about how strange and capricious the district's workers' compensation system has become. ...Read More | |||
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Widow Can't Get Benefits for Death of Husband Years After Industrial Injury | 10/19/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a widow was not entitled to benefits for the death of her husband, years after he stopped working as a correctional officer, since she could not establish a causal connection between his industrial accident and his death. ...Read More | |||
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Whitmer Signs New Presumption Order After Court Strikes Down Earlier Rule | 10/19/2020 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Two weeks after the Michigan Supreme Court struck down the governor's COVID-19 executive orders, including a workers' compensation presumption for frontline workers, she has declared a new presumption rule. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Benefits for Injuries at Unpaid Job Orientation | 10/16/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was entitled to benefits for injuries she sustained as she reported for an orientation and training with a prospective employer. ...Read More | |||
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Widow Can't Proceed With Tort Claim for Worker's Fatal Injuries | 10/16/2020 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a widow could not proceed with a gross negligence claim against her late husband’s colleagues for his fatal accident on a production line. ...Read More | |||
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WCA Posts Proposed 2021 Provider Fee Schedule for Review | 10/16/2020 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration posted to its website proposed changes to the provider fee schedule for public review. T...Read More | |||
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WCI to Rebroadcast Sessions From Annual Conference | 10/16/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Institute's annual educational conference, held online this year for the first time, will be rebroadcast over the next few months, the institute said. ...Read More | |||
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With No New Claims, Second-Injury Fund Slowly Winding Down, Report Notes | 10/16/2020 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The unfunded liability for Florida's second-injury fund has continued to drop and now stands at less than $237 million, according to an actuarial report. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Clarifies Application of Payroll Exclusion Rule | 10/15/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau said a rule excluding from reportable payroll wages paid to people who aren’t working because of the pandemic applies only to cases that can be tied directly to COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
