Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Subjected to Retaliation Gets Recalculation of Benefits | 03/02/2022 | |
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| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a worker was entitled to a recalculation of her benefit rate based on her average earnings for more than four weeks immediately preceding her injury. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Submits Sept. 1 Regulatory Filing | 03/01/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California on Monday submitted a proposed Sept. 1 regulatory filing that includes a provision that would start in...Read More | |||
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WCD Proposes Attorney Fee Rules | 02/23/2022 | |
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| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division is holding a public hearing March 15 on a proposal that it said will clarify its attorney fee rules. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Proceed With Tort Claims Over Car Accident Caused by Co-Employee | 02/22/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s civil suit against a co-employee who truck him with a truck while running an errand. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Webinar to Cover COVID Costs | 02/18/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau will discuss medical costs for COVID-19 claims in California during a March 10 webinar. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Benefits Not Subject to Apportionment Between Accepted Injury, Undiagnosed Conditions | 02/17/2022 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals overturned the apportionment of a worker’s benefits between her accepted injury and undiagnosed conditions. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Entitlement to Benefits for Alleged Injuries | 02/16/2022 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court rejected a worker’s claim for benefits for a left-shoulder and cervical spine injury following a car accident. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Schedules Meeting on Simplifying Notices | 02/16/2022 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon’s Workers’ Compensation Division is holding a public meeting on March 8 to discuss ways to simplify notices, forms and brochures. ...Read More | |||
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WCB to Stop Accepting Questions for IMEs | 02/08/2022 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board will no longer accept parties’ questions for second independent medical evaluators. The...Read More | |||
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WCS Posts 2022 Fee Schedule | 02/08/2022 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section posted a copy of its 2022 Medical Fee Schedule. Billing and payment rules were adjusted ba...Read More | |||
