Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Gets Attorney Fee Award for Defending Settlement From Subrogation | 09/21/2020 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of attorney fees to a worker for defending his settlement against a subrogation claim by an insurance carrier. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Submits Amended Rate Filing | 09/17/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau submitted an amended 2021 pure premium advisory rate recommendation to the California Department of Insurance that would spread projected costs for COVID-19 across six different categories based on risk of exposure. ...Read More | |||
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Woman Settles Suit for $8 Million After Gruesome Machinery Accident | 09/16/2020 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Virginia woman who lost her entire scalp in an industrial accident has settled a lawsuit against an equipment manufacturer and installer for $8 million. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
