Workers' Compensation News
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Court Says It Lacks Authority to Review Temporary Awards of Benefits | 04/27/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 14 | 0 | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that it lacked jurisdiction to review an employer’s challenge to a worker’s award of temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Pursue Tort Claim Against Alter Ego of Employer | 04/27/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 15 | 0 | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker could not proceed with her negligence suit against a property owner for her injuries from a fall, since the property owner was an alter ego of her employer. ...Read More | |||
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Old Republic Reports Decreased Comp Claim Costs in Q1 | 04/27/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 15 | 0 | |||
| Old Republic International Corp. on Thursday reported net income for the first quarter at $4 million, a 96% drop from a net income of $113 million in the same quarter of 2017. ...Read More | |||
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Court Clarifies Task-Loss Analysis for Worker Who Didn't Abide by 'Permanent' Restrictions | 04/27/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 13 | 0 | |||
| The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that an assessment of a worker’s lost ability to perform work tasks cannot include “theoretical work tasks” precluded by medical restrictions for a prior injury if the worker never followed the limitations. ...Read More | |||
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Senator Considering Whether to Propose Allowing All Carriers to Pay Benefits by Debit Card | 04/26/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 428 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 18 min read | |||
| California will take baby steps toward the use of debit cards to pay workers' compensation benefits, but might expand their use later once it is shown that injured workers' won't be stuck with exorbitant fees, the chairman of the senate's labor committee said. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB Satisfied With DIR Response in Email Flap | 04/26/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 726 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 13 min read | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board accepted the explanation from the California Department of Industrial Relations’ top attorney for reviewing the emails of the board’s chairwoman. ...Read More | |||
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PEO Registration Bill Heads to Governor's Desk | 04/26/2018 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: Top | 132 | 0 | Popular with Employer | 55 min read | |||
| Missouri is poised to become the 41st state to establish a licensing requirement for professional employer organizations, assuming Gov. Eric Greitens — who has been under felony indictment since March — signs the legislation. ...Read More | |||
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Attorneys Planning Multi-State Attack on Diminished WC Benefits | 04/26/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 870 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 33 min read | |||
| With favorable court rulings in several states under their belts, claimants' lawyers across the country are now preparing for a coordinated attack on state laws that they say have all but destroyed the "grand bargain" for injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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Court Grants Partial Summary Judgment to Worker for Fall From Unsecured Ladder | 04/26/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 70 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 38 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law Section 240(1) claim based on his fall from a ladder, but there were still triable issues as to whether the Industrial Code had been violated. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Immune From Liability to Colleague for Accident in Employer's Parking Lot | 04/26/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 58 | 0 | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker was immune from civil liability to a co-employee for a car accident that occurred in their employer’s parking lot. ...Read More | |||
