Workers' Compensation News
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WCA Interviews Prospective Judges Sept. 10 | 08/19/2024 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration will interview applicants for a vacant judicial position Sept. 10 at its main office in Albuquerque. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Bridge Accident | 08/15/2024 | |
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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 partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claims for a bridge construction accident. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Benefits for Shoulder Injury From Slip and Fall | 08/14/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker suffered an injury to his shoulder when he slipped and fell on a patch of ice. ...Read More | |||
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WCC Activates Web-Based Data Entry App for DRG Reports | 08/09/2024 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court activated its web-based data entry application for diagnostic related group reports. T...Read More | |||
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Worker Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 08/09/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for falling from a scaffold. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB Imposes Additional $25,000 in Sanctions on Lawyer, Rep Who Abused Recon Process | 08/08/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board on Wednesday issued two en banc decisions imposing $25,000 in sanctions on a Southern California attorney and a hearing rep who filed reconsideration petitions to delay cases after a judge denied a request for a continuance. ...Read More | |||
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WCB to Require Electronic Submission of CMS-1500 Form | 08/08/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board said part of its ongoing modernization initiatives will require health care providers to contract with an electronic submission partner to submit the CMS-1500 universal medical billing forms electronically on their behalf, beginning in 2025....Read More | |||
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Widow Gets Award for Delivery Driver's Death from Being Crushed by Own Cargo | 08/05/2024 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division upheld an award of benefits to the widow of a worker who was crushed to death by the cargo he was delivering. ...Read More | |||
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Widow Misses Deadline to Challenge Denial of Claim by 1 Day | 08/02/2024 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a widow’s challenge to the denial of her claim for death benefits as time-barred. C...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Reports Written Premium Down 3% Through First Quarter | 08/01/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Written premium for the first three months of 2024 was 3% lower than it was for the same period in 2023, the California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau said in its latest quarterly experience report. ...Read More | |||
