Workers' Compensation News
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WCIRB Governing Committee Reviews Bills, Rules, Cases at Next Meeting | 09/20/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Governing Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau will review pending legislative, regulatory and judicial actions during a Sept. 25 meeting. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Received VSSR Award Can't Pursue Intentional Tort Claim | 09/18/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s intentional tort claim against his employer for injuries from an unguarded table saw. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Announces Increase in Retro Benefits | 09/17/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division posted a bulletin announcing the annual increase in retroactive program benefits and the processes for calculating benefits owed to injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Expand Claim, Receive Additional MRI | 09/17/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand his claim and for authorization for a magnetic resonance imaging scan. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Fraud Results in Award Declared Overpayment | 09/16/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court rescinded a worker’s award of permanent total disability benefits, finding he had engaged in fraud by collecting compensation while he was working. ...Read More | |||
| WCIRB Actuarial Committee Meets Tuesday | 09/13/2024 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California’s Actuarial Committee will review insurer experience reports during a meeting Tuesday. Committee members will discuss the report evaluating insurer experience as of June 30, as well as the diagnostics that wi...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails in Bid for PPD Increase | 09/13/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to an increase in his award for occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Mandamus Relief From Denial of Claim | 09/13/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to writ relief compelling the Industrial Commission to order his employer to pay for his medical treatments and pay temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Employer's Payroll Met Threshold for Coverage | 09/13/2024 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker failed to prove that his employer’s payroll met the statutory threshold for coverage under the state Workers Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Forklift Gets Additional PPD Award | 09/12/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to an additional permanent partial disability award. ...Read More | |||
