Workers' Compensation News
Worker Fails to Prove Causal Connection Between Injuries, Prior Accident | 11/04/2020 | ||
State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A Texas appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to additional benefits for a 1994 accident, since he did not establish a causal connection to his condition. ...Read More | |||
WCJ Erred in Enforcing Invalid Judgment Against Employer | 11/04/2020 | ||
State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a workers’ compensation judge erroneously enforced an invalid judgment against an employer that had already made payment to the emergency treatment providers for an employee. ...Read More | |||
Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Scaffold | 11/02/2020 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A New York appellate court ruled that a construction worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for injuries in a fall from a scaffold lacking safety railings. ...Read More | |||
WCD Schedules Hearing on Proposal to Modify Claim Forms | 11/02/2020 | ||
State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division is holding a hearing Nov. 16 on a proposal to modify claim forms to remove fields used to report the Social Security numbers of injured workers. ...Read More | |||
WCIRB Webinar to Explore Cost Impacts of Delayed Medical Treatment | 10/30/2020 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Claims with soft tissue injuries for which medical treatment was delayed by a month had, on average, significantly higher indemnity and medical costs that persisted for years, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California reported in a study released Thursday. ...Read More | |||
Well-Known Psychiatrist, Internist Barred From Treating Injured Workers | 10/30/2020 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A New York psychiatrist and former editor of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytical Association has been barred from treating injured workers, the state Workers' Compensation Board announced. ...Read More | |||
WCRI Report Shows Medical, Indemnity Have Stabilized Since 2007 Reform | 10/29/2020 | ||
By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
New York stakeholders often talk about the 2007 legislative reforms as a turning point in workers' compensation, spelling out changes designed to boost near-term benefits for employees but saving businesses and insurers over the long haul. ...Read More | |||
WCAB Reinstates Rules Suspended at Start of Pandemic | 10/28/2020 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board issued two en banc decisions on Tuesday reinstating rules it suspended in March and April. ...Read More | |||
Workers' Compensation Act Applies to Truck Driver Who Leased Vehicle Involved in Accident | 10/27/2020 | ||
State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that a truck driver who was injured while driving a leased truck was subject to the protection of the Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
WCS Schedules Training on Rating Exams | 10/27/2020 | ||
State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section is holding a training class covering how to properly request an evaluation to determine the extent of an injured worker’s physical impairment. ...Read More | |||