Workers' Compensation News
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Worker's Failure to Disclose Snowplow Jobs Doesn't Disqualify Him From Future Benefits | 03/22/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a decision that an injured worker’s failure to disclose his work snowplowing driveways for a friend’s landscaping business warranted a forfeiture of benefits paid, but it did not warrant a disqualification on his entitlement to future compensation....Read More | |||
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Widow Fails to Prove Worker's Prolonged Business Trip Caused Fatal Heart Attack | 03/22/2021 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that a widow did not prove her husband’s fatal heart attack was caused by exertion beyond that usually required by his job, but she was entitled to an opportunity to establish a claim that external forces had triggered the event. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Benefits for Injuries From Fall While on Smoke Break, Getting Pizza | 03/19/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should not have been denied benefits for her injuries from a fall that occurred while she was on a break from her job and walking to a pizza parlor across the street. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Concealment of Firefighting Activities Warrants Suspension of Benefits | 03/19/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the suspension of an injured worker’s benefits due to his concealment of his work as a firefighter but concluded that his conduct was not egregious enough to warrant a permanent disqualification. ...Read More | |||
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WCB Adopts Emergency Contact, ASC Fee Rules | 03/19/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York Workers’ Compensation Board adopted emergency rules that increase fees for some procedures listed in the Ambulatory Surgery Fee Schedule and require payers to designate contacts for prior authorization requests. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Posts List of Carriers, Self-Insurers Required to Report Medical Data | 03/19/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division on Thursday published a bulletin listing the insurers and self-insured employers that are required to electronically submit detailed work comp medical bill and payment data. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB: Reporting Lags for Deaths Suggest Long Tail for COVID-19 Claims | 03/18/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Although only a few hundred worker deaths in California have been attributed to COVID-19, the share of death claims that provided the first notice of a pandemic-related injury was high at times throughout the pandemic, according to the ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Tree Can't Assert Tort Claim Against Apartment Owner, Manager | 03/17/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a worker who fell out of a tree he was trimming at an apartment complex could not assert a viable civil suit against the property owner or manager. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Died After Fall From Roof Was Independent Contractor | 03/16/2021 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Court of Appeals ruled that the widow and estate of a worker who died after a roofing accident could not pursue a workers’ compensation claim against the company that had hired him because he was an independent contractor. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell Into Trench Prevails on Labor Law Claim | 03/16/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim from his fall into a trench at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
