Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Who Abandoned Job Market Can't Get Additional TTD | 03/08/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a finding that a worker was not entitled to additional temporary total disability benefits because she voluntarily abandoned the job market. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Continuing TTD After Knee Surgeries | 03/07/2024 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court upheld a determination that an injured worker was not entitled to continuing total disability benefits after bilateral knee surgeries. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Scaffold Gets Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 03/05/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for falling while climbing down a scaffold. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell Down Stairs Gets Summary Judgment | 03/04/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall down a staircase. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell Gets Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 03/01/2024 | |
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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 partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for an accident that happened as he crossed between two barges. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Lacks Standing to Appeal Liability Finding | 02/29/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker lacked standing to appeal a finding that her employer’s insurance carrier didn't have to pay for diagnostic testing she received from an out-of-network provider. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Publishes Compendium of State, Federal Cost Containment Strategies | 02/28/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute published a guide describing the medical cost containment strategies used in all 50 states and three federal workers’ compensation programs. ...Read More | |||
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WCC Temporarily Closes Virginia Beach Office | 02/27/2024 | |
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| Source: Steve Nichols (News Contributor) | |||
| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission announced the temporary closure of its office in Virginia Beach. “Due to unforeseen circumst...Read More | |||
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Worker's Prior Petitions Don't Bar New Claim for Recurrence of Disability | 02/23/2024 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not procedurally barred from pursuing his claim for recurrence of total disability. Case: ...Read More | |||
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WCC Sets Fee Schedule Hearing for March 14 | 02/22/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission announced plans to hold a public hearing on the proposed 2024 medical fee schedule on March 14 in Oklahoma City. ...Read More | |||
