Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Can Proceed With Labor Law, Negligence Claims for Slip on Ice | 07/08/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker could proceed with his Labor Law and negligence claims based on his slip and fall on ice at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Entitlement to Additional Benefits | 07/07/2020 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that a worker is not entitled to the permanent disability benefits and additional medical treatment he had requested, and that he was properly barred from depositing his treating doctor. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Pleads Guilty to Accepting $32,000 in Benefits | 07/07/2020 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A commuter rail worker in Coon Rapids who injured his back in 2009 has been sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to workers' compensation and insurance fraud. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Flash Report Finds Golden State Leader in Falling Drug Prices | 07/06/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The 75% decline in prescription drug payments per medical claim in California was the best observed among the 28 states the Workers Compensation Research Institute studied for a new flash report on pharmaceuticals. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB to Deliver State of System Report July 14 | 07/02/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California will release its seventh annual state of the system report and host a free webinar discussion of the latest trends in the state's comp system on July 14. ...Read More | |||
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WCI Taking Cybersecurity Conference Virtual | 07/02/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| When the Workers' Compensation Institute canceled its annual conference planned for August it announced that a special section on cybersecurity would go forward as an in-person event. WCI recently said the cybersecurity conference will now be offered only through a virtual platform. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Reports Combined Losses, Expenses | 07/01/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California workers’ compensation carriers paid $13.2 billion in combined losses and expenses last year compared to $13.3 billion in 2018, according to a new report from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Bring IIED Claim Against Carrier | 07/01/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a quadriplegic worker could not recover damages against his employer’s insurance carrier for the intentional infliction of emotional distress. ...Read More | |||
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Webinar to Cover Medicare Mandatory Reporting Requirements | 06/30/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Tower MSA Partners is hosting a webinar July 22 to discuss Medicare’s mandatory reporting penalty. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB Commissioners Focus on Reducing Case Backlog, Urge Parties to Consider Settling​ | 06/29/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Commissioners from the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board said Friday they were committed to reducing a years-old case backlog, and they urged parties with current cases to consider settling during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...Read More | |||
