Workers' Compensation News
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Customer Service Agent Receives Award for Occupational Disease Linked to Typing | 09/13/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a customer service agent for an occupational disease caused by repetitive typing. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Pregnant Insurance Adjuster's Claim for Benefits | 09/13/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court overturned a denial of a pregnant insurance adjuster’s claim for injuries from a fall that happened while walking from her parking spot to her employer’s leased office building. ...Read More | |||
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Construction Worker Gets TTD Award for Closed Period Following Back Injury | 09/13/2021 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits for a closed period to a construction worker with a back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Chamber Announces Work Comp and Safety Conference Workshops | 09/13/2021 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Chamber of Commerce announced the first series of workshops for its Workers’ Compensation & Safety Conference in October. ...Read More | |||
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Classification and Rating Committee to Meet Sept. 22 | 09/10/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California Classification and Rating Committee will review results from studies on mining classifications and standard exceptions when it meets Sept. 22. ...Read More | |||
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Cal-SARA Selects LoBue & Majdalany for Association Management | 09/10/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Staffing Agency Reform Association announced that it selected LoBue & Majdalany Association Management to support its activities. ...Read More | |||
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Court Clarifies Requirements for Existence, Denial of 'Combined Condition' | 09/10/2021 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that in the context of a new or omitted condition claim, an employer need not have previously accepted a medical condition before it can consider it "combined" and deny it. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Grant of Variance for Medical Marijuana to Treat Chronic Pain | 09/09/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to a variance from the Medical Treatment Guidelines for the use of marijuana to address his chronic pain. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier That Misled Insured About Coverage Held Liable for Worker's Claim | 09/09/2021 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that an insurance carrier was liable for a claim and had misled the policyholder into believing it was covered. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Compensability Determination for Worker's Knee Replacement Surgery | 09/09/2021 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a finding that a worker’s job duties substantially and permanently aggravated preexisting degenerative arthritis in his left knee, resulting in the need for a total knee replacement. ...Read More | |||
