Workers' Compensation News
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WCAB En Banc Requires Adding Disabilities for Subsequent Injury Claims | 06/24/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Prior and subsequent disabilities should simply be added to determine whether an applicant has a valid claim against the Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund, the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board ruled in an ...Read More | |||
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Workers' Comp Committee Pushes Forward With New Language on Attorney Fee Rules​ | 06/24/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: OR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Board on Tuesday moved a step closer to approving new language regarding how attorney fees are paid, the latest step in years’ worth of debate on the subject. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can Proceed With Tort Claim Against Foreman | 06/24/2020 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Wyoming Supreme Court partially revived an injured worker’s intentional tort claim against a foreman for allegedly failing to take action to prevent his injury from a pipe-straightening machine. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Misled by Claims Manager Gets Penalty From Carrier | 06/24/2020 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that an injured worker who was tricked by a claims manager into an attending independent medical examination was entitled to a penalty award for the insurance carrier’s failure to pay for her medical treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Delay in Submitting Medical Bills Doesn't Allow Carrier to Avoid Payment | 06/24/2020 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s request for payment of his medical bills should not have been denied just because he did not submit them to his employer’s insurance carrier for more than two years after treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Hit by Falling Object Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 06/23/2020 | |
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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 claims based on injuries from being struck in the face by a falling object. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Proposes Rules for Coverage of Telehealth Services | 06/22/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division proposed new rules that provide reimbursements for certain telephone and online evaluations at rates that are the same as what is paid for services provided in a doctor’s office. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Assert Viable Intentional Tort Claim Against Employer | 06/19/2020 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s intentional tort and bad-faith claims against his employer. Case:...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Moves Forward With Telecommuter Classification, Will Define Rate in August | 06/18/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is moving forward with its plans to submit a Jan. 1, 2021, regulatory filing that includes a new classification for telecommuters after two committees gave their blessings last week. ...Read More | |||
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WCB to Discuss Attorney Fee Rules During Tuesday Meeting | 06/18/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Board will discuss issues relating to attorney fees during a meeting Tuesday. WCB members will review a ...Read More | |||
