Workers' Compensation News
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WCS Graduated Fine Schedule Takes Effect | 07/30/2024 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section announced that its Audit Unit will implement and enforce a new graduated fine schedule for subsequent violations. ...Read More | |||
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WCB to Index More Claims Starting in September | 07/30/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board announced that it will expand in September the number of claims that it indexes. The WCB s...Read More | |||
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Worker Injured in Explosion Loses Claim That Employer Tricked Him Into Comp Settlement | 07/29/2024 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Tennessee Court of Appeals upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s claims asserting that he was the victim of a fraudulent scheme to designate him as an employee instead of an independent contractor so that his employer could avoid civil liability for his severe burn injuries....Read More | |||
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Widow Gets Award for Paramedic's Fatal Heart Attack | 07/26/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award of benefits to the widow of a paramedic who died of a heart attack. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Writ Directing Commission to Consider His Entitlement to TTD | 07/26/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court issued a limited writ of mandamus directing the Industrial Commission to determine a worker’s entitlement to temporary total disability benefits for a period of unemployment. ...Read More | |||
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WCB Reports Faster Resolution of Medical Billing Disputes | 07/26/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board said it has significantly reduced turnaround times in resolving billing disputes between health care providers and payers. ...Read More | |||
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Workers' Comp Settlement Doesn't Bar Disability Discrimination Claim | 07/25/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court revived an injured worker’s disability discrimination claim against his employer, finding that the terms of his workers’ compensation settlement did not release his claim. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB C&R Committee Meets Aug. 6 | 07/25/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An advisory committee to California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau will discuss adding another significant digit to expected loss rates and pure premium rates during an Aug. 6 meeting. ...Read More | |||
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Widow Timely Files Asbestos-Related Occupational Disease Claim | 07/23/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a widow timely filed her claim for benefits for a worker’s death from an occupational disease caused by his asbestos exposure and that she presented sufficient evidence to support the jury’s verdict in her favor....Read More | |||
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Worker Loses Evidentiary Challenge to Fraud Convictions | 07/22/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld an injured worker’s fraud convictions. Waliullah Nazari fell from a ladder while working in...Read More | |||
