Workers' Compensation News
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AWW for Worker With Intermittent Schedule Was Properly Based on Number of Weeks Worked | 05/26/2017 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Tennessee Supreme Court’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel ruled that an injured millwright’s average weekly wage was properly calculated by using his earnings, divided by the number of weeks he actually worked for his employer. ...Read More | |||
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After Years of Skyrocketing Costs, Legislation Has Stabilized System, Report Says | 05/24/2017 | |
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| By: J. Todd Foster (Reporter) | |||
| State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Medical and indemnity payments, which grew at 6% a year between 2004 and 2009, have stabilized for the past eight years in North Carolina because of reduced medical reimbursements and a duration cap on temporary disability benefits, a new report says. ...Read More | |||
| AlaComp Adopts Valen's InsureRight Platform | 05/24/2017 | ||
| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| AlaComp, a workers’ compensation self-insurance fund in Montgomery, Alabama, is adopting Valen Analytics’ InsureRight platform to support underwriting decisions. AlaComp will use a predictive model that’s been customized to meet its needs. The model, built and hosted on ...Read More | |||
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American Assets, Zurich, Fairfax Increased Market Share in 2016 | 05/23/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute said three of the largest carriers grew their market share in 2016 and moved up the rankings in terms of the largest comp carriers in the Golden State. ...Read More | |||
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Alternatives to Drug Testing Proposed for Assessing Marijuana Impairment | 05/22/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| Higher percentages of urine and saliva samples taken from U.S. workers are testing positive for marijuana, according to a report released last week by drug testing company Quest Diagnostics. ...Read More | |||
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Access Doctrine Does Not Apply to Negligence Cases, Court Writes | 05/22/2017 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An appellate court shot down an injured pedestrian's argument that the man who hit her with his truck was acting in the course and scope of employment at the time, thus making his employer liable for her injury. ...Read More | |||
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ASIA Cheers Passage of 'Full and Final Settlement' Bill | 05/19/2017 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Self-Insurers Association cheered the passage of a measure to incorporate the term "full and final settlement" into workers' compensation law. ...Read More | |||
| AmTrust's Net Income Plummets 73% in Q1 | 05/18/2017 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| AmTrust Financial Services Inc. has reported first quarter net income of $22.6 million, a 73% decrease from net income of $84 million in the first quarter of 2016. Net written premium in the first quarter was $1.3 billion, a 10.1% increase from $1.2 billion in the prior-year quarter. Gros...Read More | |||
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Attorney Concerned That Undocumented Client's Employer Reported to ICE | 05/18/2017 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The attorney for an undocumented injured worker is concerned that her client was targeted by immigration officials because his employer reported him to authorities after he filed a workers' compensation claim, WBUR-FM 90.9 reports. ...Read More | |||
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Appropriations Committee Schedules Hearing on Apportionment, Presumption Expansion | 05/17/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing today to discuss potential costs associated with bills that would prohibit apportioning permanent disability to conditions related to pregnancy and extend to school district police officers the presumptions enjoyed by other publ...Read More | |||
