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WCD Forming Committee to Draft Security Deposit Exemption Rules 07/10/2025
State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division is forming a rulemaking committee to draft regulations to implement legislation allowing self-insured school districts to request an exemption to the requirement to post security deposits. ...Read More
 
 

Court Upholds Finding That Teacher Withdrew From Job Market 07/10/2025
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a teacher had voluntarily withdrawn from the labor market. Case: Matter of ...Read More
 
 

Employer Gets Summary Judgment Dismissing Tort Claim for Worker's Death 07/10/2025
State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that an employer should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a civil suit that asserted the company engaged in intentional misconduct that was substantially certain to result in the death of a worker. ...Read More
 
 

Worker Not Entitled to Include Wrist Injury in Claim 07/10/2025
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand the scope of her claim for a left wrist injury. ...Read More
 
 

Governor Approves Direct Deposit, Funding Increase for Safety Inspections 07/10/2025
State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer signed a bill allowing benefit payments to be made by direct deposit and increasing funding for the safety and inspection functions of the Division of Industrial Affairs. ...Read More
 
 

CWCI: Data Doesn't Support Presumption for Hospital Workers 07/09/2025
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
Injuries that would be presumed compensable for hospital workers under a bill pending in the Assembly occur at similar rates — and are denied at similar rates — as those for the general workforce, according to a new report by the California Workers' Compensation Institute. ...Read More
 
 

WCD Forming Rulemaking Advisory Committee 07/09/2025
State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor
The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division announced that it is forming a rulemaking advisory committee to review issues relating to claims administration and recently enacted legislation. ...Read More
 
 

Governor Appoints Commissioner, Arbitrators 07/09/2025
State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced the appointment of a workers' compensation commissioner and nine arbitrators. The governor appointe...Read More
 
 

Trial Court Has Jurisdiction to Enforce Judgment Against State Insurance Fund 07/09/2025
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York appellate court ruled that the Supreme Court had jurisdiction over a motion to enforce a money judgment against State Insurance Fund. ...Read More
 
 

Emergency Room Nurse's Claim for COVID-19 Infection Denied 07/09/2025
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
An Ohio appellate court upheld a judge’s order striking the affidavit by a nurse’s medical expert on causation as well as summary judgment dismissing her claim that she had contracted COVID-19 at work. ...Read More
 
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