Workers' Compensation News
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With Law Expiring, Agency Adopts Emergency Presumption Rule for First Responders | 01/29/2021 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| With a COVID-19 presumption law and a governor's order set to expire in the next few weeks but the pandemic still in full bloom, Missouri regulators have come up with a temporary solution. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Webinar to Explore Impact of Formulary | 01/28/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California is holding a webinar Feb. 11 that will explore the impact of the prescription drug formulary that was put in place on Jan. 1, 2018. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Adopts Permanent Rules Requiring Investigation of COVID Claims | 01/28/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division adopted permanent rules describing the scope of the investigation carriers must undertake before denying a claim for COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
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Webinar to Explore Collision of COVID, Opioid Epidemic | 01/27/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A free webinar on Feb. 10 will explore the interplay between the opioid epidemic and COVID-19 pandemic. Risico and the Institutes of Health are presen...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Assert Viable Labor Law, Negligence Claims | 01/26/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker failed to assert viable claims for negligence and violations of the Labor Law based on his slip and fall while installing tile in a bathroom. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB Commissioners Make Progress on Case Backlog, Advocate for Better Communication | 01/25/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| As the COVID-19 pandemic nears its one-year milestone in the U.S., commissioners at the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board say they’ve used their lockdown time to chip away at a years-long case backlog. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB's C&R Committee Meets Feb. 2 | 01/25/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) Classification and Rating Committee will meet via webinar teleconference at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 2. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can Pursue Labor Law Claim for Boiler Valve Mishap | 01/25/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law claims based on alleged injuries he sustained while replacing a boiler steam valve. ...Read More | |||
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Widow Can't Proceed With Malpractice Claim Against Doctor | 01/22/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a widow could not proceed with a medical malpractice action against the doctor who had treated her husband. ...Read More | |||
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WCI Says Conference Will Be In-Person in December | 01/22/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Institute announced Thursday that its annual educational conference will be held in-person in December in Orlando, Florida. ...Read More | |||
