Workers' Compensation News
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WILG Webinar to Focus on How Different States Handle COVID-19 Claims | 12/15/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Michael Duff The Workers’ Injury ...Read More | |||
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WCD Announces Claims Processing Administrative Cost Factor for 2021 | 12/15/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The claims processing administrative cost factor will be 21.27% in 2021, the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced. The factor is ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Working on Obtaining Stat Code for Insurance Commissioner's COVID-19 Data Directive | 12/14/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Actuaries from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau say they’re working on obtaining a statistical code that will aid researchers and insurance carriers in processing COVID-19 claims data that California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara called for in his 2021 advi...Read More | |||
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Worker's Complaint Doesn't State Viable Claim Against Employer | 12/14/2020 | |
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| State: RI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Rhode Island Supreme Court threw out a worker’s challenge to the dismissal of her civil suit against her former employer, finding that her 245-page complaint failed to assert any viable theories of recovery. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Group Says DWC in 'Alternate Reality' on Number of People Without Comp | 12/11/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Recent reports from the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation vastly underestimate the number of workers who have no benefits coverage and no protection in case of workplace injury, a worker advocacy group said this week. ...Read More | |||
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WCD to Remove SSN Field From Injury and Illness Reports | 12/11/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division on Wednesday announced a new rule that eliminates a field for including workers' Social Security numbers on the form used to report work-related injuries or illnesses. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Proceed With Civil Suit for Car Accident While Comp Case Is Pending | 12/11/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a worker’s suit seeking damages for his injuries from a car accident could not proceed until his workers’ compensation claim based on the same accident is resolved. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB: Use of Medical Services Rebounded in 3rd Quarter; Bigger COVID-19 Numbers Loom | 12/09/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Use of medical services increased in the third quarter of 2020 compared to the early days of the pandemic, but utilization is still lower than it was in previous years, according to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Bitten by Colleague's Dog Can't Seek Civil Remedy | 12/08/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act barred a worker’s civil suit against her colleague seeking damages from being bitten by a dog. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Issues Notice of Coverage Requirement for Drivers Who Lease Trucks | 12/08/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Truck drivers who are provided vehicles by their employers and are restricted in how they can use them might not qualify for an exemption and may need to be covered by a workers’ compensation policy, Oregon regulators announced Monday. ...Read More | |||
