Workers' Compensation News
| WCB Adopts Emergency Rules to Implement Court's Livery Fund Decision | 01/03/2022 | ||
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| The New York Workers’ Compensation Board adopted emergency rules it says are necessary to implement an appellate court decision that awarded benefits to a livery driver who was shot by a passenger. ...Read More | |||
| Worker Cannot Challenge Terms of Settlement Agreement 20 Years After-the-Fact | 12/30/2021 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
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| The Utah Court of Appeals ruled that a worker could not back out of a settlement she entered into more than two decades ago agreeing to accept monthly payments that were less than the statutory minimum rate for permanently and totally disabled workers and offset by half of her Social Security ben...Read More | |||
| WCD Advisory Committee Reviewing Attorney Fee Rules | 12/30/2021 | ||
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| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced a rulemaking advisory committee will discuss attorney fees during a Jan. 26 meeting. ...Read More | |||
| WCD Posts Bulletin on Annual Reports | 12/30/2021 | ||
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| The Alaska Workers’ Compensation Division announced 2021 annual reports are due by March 1. “The Department of Labor expects each insurer, self-insurer, and uninsured employer to submit an Annual report via Electronic Data Interchange on all claims with any payments between Ja...Read More | |||
| Worker Injured in Explosion Gets Claims Reinstated against Homeowners | 12/29/2021 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
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| A New York appellate court reinstated a worker’s Labor Law and negligence claims against the owners of a home where he suffered injuries where an explosion occurred as he was refinishing a kitchen island. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Bound by Terms of Settlement Conveyed by Attorney to State Fund | 12/28/2021 | |
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| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a worker was bound by the terms of the settlement conveyed by her attorney to the State Fund to resolve her claim for an alleged concussion. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Announces 2022 Claims Processing Administrative Cost Factor | 12/28/2021 | |
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| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced that the claims processing administrative cost factor will be 17.54% next year. The fact...Read More | |||
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WCIRB: Written Premium Down 3% Through 3rd Quarter | 12/22/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Written premium for the first nine months of 2021 is down 3% compared to the same period in 2020, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California said in its 3rd Quarter Experience Report released Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Doesn't Need to Provide Notice of Occupational Disease Claim to Carrier | 12/20/2021 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine ruled that a worker is not required to give notice of his occupational disease claim to his former employer's insurer when the employer no longer exists. ...Read More | |||
| WCRI: Telemedicine Use Expected to Continue | 12/20/2021 | ||
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| Nearing two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the booming use of and access to telemedicine is here to stay, according to John Ruser, president and CEO of the Workers Compensation Research Institute. ...Read More | |||
