Workers' Compensation News
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WCJ Shanon Riley Reappointed | 08/11/2022 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration Director Robert E. Doucette Jr. announced the reappointment of Shanon S. Riley to serve a new five-year term as a workers’ compensation judge, effective Aug. 20. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Collecting Pension, Social Security Benefits Didn't Voluntarily Leave Workforce | 08/11/2022 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an injured worker collecting a union pension and Social Security benefits had not voluntarily left the workforce. ...Read More | |||
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WorkCompCollege.com Announces Appointment of School Deans | 08/10/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| WorkCompCollege.com has released the list of deans who are leading the development of the school’s workers' recovery professional certification. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Unrelated Death Doesn't Allow Employer, Carrier to Avoid Settlement Agreement | 08/08/2022 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that an employer and an insurance carrier could not back out of a settlement agreement just because the worker died before the agreement was filed with the Workers’ Compensation Commission. ...Read More | |||
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Wife of Trucking Magnate Charged in Fraud Scheme | 08/05/2022 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance announced that the wife of a San Antonio trucking magnate was indicted on charges of concealing payroll information to avoid more than $9 million in workers’ compensation premiums. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall Down Shaft | 08/03/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who suffered injuries falling down the shaft of a building under construction should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Opioid Dependency Produces Multiple Opinions, but Court Dodges Issue | 08/02/2022 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Michigan Supreme Court issued four separate opinions regarding an opioid-dependent worker’s eligibility for benefits, with a majority concluding the record was “too incomplete to facilitate meaningful appellate review.” ...Read More | |||
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Workers' Compensation Advisory Committee Meets Aug. 15 | 08/02/2022 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Regulatory Advisory Committee is holding an introductory meeting Aug. 15. The public can atten...Read More | |||
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Worker Hurt While Trying to Avoid Fall Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 08/02/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from trying to avoid a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
| Worker Couldn't Rely on UR Determinations to Establish Causation | 08/01/2022 | ||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that utilization review determinations can't be used to establish the causal relationship between a treatment and a work injury, and upheld the denial of a worker’s penalty petition for an employer’s failure to pay for medications that ...Read More | |||
