Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Injury Rate Hits 'Record Low' | 02/04/2021 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Labor Cabinet announced that the state’s recordable, nonfatal occupational injury and illness rate fell to the lowest point on record in fiscal year 2020. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Committee Says Insurers Should Have Options for Reporting '21 COVID Charges | 02/03/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Members of the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s Classification and Rating Committee on Tuesday signaled support for allowing California insurance c...Read More | |||
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Worker's Failure to Provide Notice Precludes Assertion of Claims | 02/03/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker could not assert a Labor Law claim against municipal defendants when his notice described only a tort action. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Increased Award of Attorney Fees | 02/03/2021 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an injured worker should have been entitled to increased attorney fees, costs and interest for his employer's failure to timely authorize surgery for a back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Workplace Safety Agency Proposes Permanent COVID-19 Rules | 02/03/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Division is proposing permanent rules intended to stop the spread of COVID-19 in workplaces by requiring employers to institute a set of risk-reduction measures. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Says Mayor's Company Retaliated Against Him for Comp Claim | 02/03/2021 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A worker for a beverage company owned by the mayor of a South Carolina resort city has filed suit, alleging he was fired after he filed a workers' compensation injury claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Object Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 02/02/2021 | |
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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 injuries from being struck by a falling object while he was using a metal jack to lift a beam. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Secures Award of Penalties for Employer's Failure to Pay for Treatment | 02/01/2021 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award of penalties to an injured worker for his employer’s failure to pay for treatments for his pain from an industrial injury. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Updates Gainful Occupational Determination Instructions | 02/01/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division posted updated instructions for determining gainful employment as part of permanent disability evaluations. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Doesn't Lose Entitlement to Benefits During Pretrial Incarceration | 01/29/2021 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an injured worker does not lose entitlement to benefits during the time he was incarcerated prior to his entry of a guilty plea in a criminal case. ...Read More | |||
