Workers' Compensation News
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WCB Accepts Comments on Proposed 2025 Fee Schedule | 09/10/2024 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board is accepting comments on its proposed 2025 Medical Fee Schedule. The board said system users...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Proceed With Civil Suit Against Statutory Employer | 09/10/2024 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Missouri appellate court ruled that a worker could not proceed with a civil suit against a company that qualified as his statutory employer. ...Read More | |||
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Worker With Traumatic Brain Injury Entitled to Inpatient Residential Care | 09/09/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld an award of inpatient residential care at an assisted living facility for a worker with a traumatic brain injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets PTD Benefits After Symptoms Shift From Left Side of Body to Right | 09/06/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits for a worker who experienced issues on his left side after a back injury before symptoms shifted to his right side after surgery. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB Consolidates Cases in Attorney Fee Dispute | 09/05/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board issued an en banc decision Wednesday consolidating five cases to resolve a dispute over how to split fees between an injured worker’s current and former attorneys. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB Lacks Jurisdiction to Act on Petition for Recon Over 60 Days After Filing | 09/03/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 2 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board lacks jurisdiction to act on a petition for reconsideration more than 60 days after it was filed. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Claim for Attorney Fees Moot | 08/30/2024 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld the dismissal of an injured worker’s claim for fees for the work her attorney did in securing benefits she was owed under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Chemical Exposure Claim Goes Back to Commission for Further Findings | 08/30/2024 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals sent a worker’s claim for disability benefits back to the Industrial Commission for further findings. ...Read More | |||
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WCA Seeks Public Review of Rule Changes | 08/27/2024 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New Mexico's Workers' Compensation Administration says rule changes will take effect on Jan. 1, and the agency invites the public to take part in a webinar and to submit comments on the proposals. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's PTD Claim Sent Back to Judge for Further Findings | 08/22/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s claim for permanent total disability benefits had to be sent back to an administrative law judge for further findings. ...Read More | |||
