Workers' Compensation News
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With Falling Comp Rates, Attorney Fee Caps May Not Be Burning Issue for Lawmakers | 11/19/2020 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida legislative leaders have signaled that workers' compensation costs may not be such a hot-button issue when lawmakers convene again in March. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Study Links Treatment Delays to Higher Claim Costs | 11/18/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A recent study by the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California found that claims with delays in medical treatment have higher medical and indemnity costs, slower claim closure rates, longer temporary disability duration and are more likely to end in permanent disability.&...Read More | |||
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Woman Sentenced to Year in Jail After Cashing Deceased Dad's Benefits Checks | 11/18/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A woman in western New York must spend up to a year in jail and pay restitution after she was sentenced Monday for cashing her dead father's workers' compensation checks. ...Read More | |||
| Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall on Stairway | 11/16/2020 | ||
| Source: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to a construction worker for his injuries from a fall from the top step of a stairway leading to his elevated work area. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Should Have Additional Conditions Included in Claim | 11/13/2020 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a worker was entitled to benefits for a head injury, radiculopathy and two disk herniations after an accident at a coal mine. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Challenge Order to Submit to Exam Despite Invalidation of IRE Process | 11/13/2020 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker could not take an immediate appeal from an order compelling his attendance at an impairment rating examination after the IRE provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act had been invalidated. ...Read More | |||
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WCB to Discuss Attorney Fees at Dec. 15 Meeting | 11/13/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Board will hold its initial discussion in its biennial review of attorney fees during a Dec. 15 meeting in Salem. ...Read More | |||
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With Mail Delays, Petitions Can Now Be Emailed to Arbitrators | 11/12/2020 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Because of COVID-19 and delays in the mail service, the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission is allowing motions and petitions to be sent to arbitrators via email. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can Proceed Only With Claim That Carrier Breached Settlement | 11/11/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier was entitled to dismissal of a worker’s claims that it failed to make timely payment of medical expenses, but not his claims for alleged failure to perform under the terms of a settlement agreement. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Settlement of VSSR Claim Bars Suit for Spoliation of Evidence | 11/11/2020 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Ohio appellate court panel ruled that the terms of a worker’s settlement with his employer precluded him from bringing a claim for the spoliation of evidence he needed for a third-party tortfeasor action. ...Read More | |||
