Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Who Returned to Job Gets Increased Benefits After Change in Position | 09/15/2020 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a worker who returned to his time-of-injury job is entitled to an increased award of benefits after he moved to a lower-paying position. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Reports 3.8% Drop in Medical Payments for 2019 | 09/11/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Overall medical payments and payments per claim continued to decline in 2019, with pharmaceuticals experiencing sharp declines in payments, according to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Fall Aggravated His Pre-Existing Conditions | 09/11/2020 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a worker failed to prove that his complaints after a work accident were related to an aggravation of his pre-existing conditions. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB to Revise COVID Industry Class Factors in Rate Filing | 09/10/2020 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Some California employers will get a little relief from what is essentially a COVID-19 surcharge after the Governing Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Wednesday voted 10-1 to revise the 2021 advisory rate recommendation. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can Pursue Labor Law Claim Against Building Owner | 09/10/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law claim against a property owner but ruled that the owner was entitled to indemnification. ...Read More | |||
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Woman Pleads Guilty to Cashing Dead Father's Benefits Checks | 09/10/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A woman in western New York state pleaded guilty to forging her deceased father's name on workers' compensation benefits checks. Bonnie Slater...Read More | |||
| WCRI Study Shows Link Between Early PT and Lower Costs for Back Pain Claims | 09/09/2020 | ||
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Early physical therapy sessions can mean significantly improved outcomes and lower costs for injured workers with lower-back pain, says a study by the Workers' Compensation Research Institute that examined almost 26,000 claims. ...Read More | |||
| WCS: Clock Ticking for Claim Deadlines, PEO Licenses | 09/09/2020 | ||
| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section said an emergency order that extended claim and hearing deadlines and prevented professional employer organizations licenses from expiring is no longer in effect. ...Read More | |||
| WCB Didn't Err in Denying Review of Award to Worker who Didn't Prove Labor Market Attachment | 09/09/2020 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an employer could not obtain board review of a judge’s determination that a worker was entitled to permanent partial disability benefits despite her failure to establish her attachment to the labor market because the employer did not properly complete t...Read More | |||
| Worker Gets Benefits Despite Delay in Reporting Injury, Conflicting Causation Evidence | 09/08/2020 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to benefits for a back injury, despite his failure to immediately report his accident and the existence of conflicting medical evidence on the cause of his ongoing complaints. ...Read More | |||
