Workers' Compensation News
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Worker With PTSD Can Bring Wrongful Discharge Action | 06/18/2020 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In a case of first impression, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled that a worker can assert a wrongful termination claim if his employer decides to end an employment relationship by declining to renew an agreement. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Bring Malpractice Action Against Attorney | 06/18/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an allegedly injured worker could not bring a malpractice action against his former attorney who had filed an unsuccessful retaliatory discharge claim. ...Read More | |||
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Written Premium Falls 7%; SCIF Returns as Largest Carrier | 06/17/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Direct written premium fell 7% to a five-year low of $11.42 billion in 2019, the California Workers’ Compensation Institute reported in a bulletin published Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB: Early Data Shows Prescription Drug Use Inching Upward | 06/16/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| During the previous decade, California became the poster child for declining opioid use, even as millions of Americans struggled to kick the often deadly addiction. ...Read More | |||
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WCB Announces Attorney Fee Increase | 06/16/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Board announced that attorney fees will increase July 1 by 4.693%. The maximum attorney fee in cases inv...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Governing Board Approves Regulatory Filing, Asks Actuarial Committee to Weigh In | 06/12/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau committee on Thursday approved a regulatory filing that would create a new classification for California clerical workers who telecommute. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Injured by Ceiling Collapse Gets Summary Judgment | 06/12/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker is entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim based on injuries from a ceiling collapse. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Doesn't Establish Entitlement to More TTD After Back Surgery | 06/11/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A split New York appellate court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to benefits at the temporary total disability rate for more than two months after undergoing back surgery to treat a compensable injury. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB's Actuarial Committee Meets Friday | 06/09/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California's Actuarial Committee will review first quarter experience during a meeting Friday. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB's Governing Committee Meets Thursday | 06/08/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s Governing Committee will hold a teleconference Thursday to discuss regulatory filings and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on claim experience. ...Read More | |||
