Workers' Compensation News
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WCIRB Releases 2020 Study of Regional Differences in Claim Characteristics | 11/06/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| After controlling for regional differences in wages and industrial mix, indemnity claim frequency continues to be significantly higher in the Los Angeles basin and significantly lower in the San Francisco Bay Area, according to a study of regional differences in claim characteristics the Workers&...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Partial Summary Judgment for Fall From Scaffold | 11/05/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a makeshift scaffold. ...Read More | |||
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Widow Can't Use Report She Submitted to Prove Causation, but She Can Submit New Evidence | 11/05/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board to exclude a medical report submitted by a worker’s widow from evidence, but it said the board should have allowed her to submit additional evidence to support her claim for death benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Causal Connection Between Injuries, Prior Accident | 11/04/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to additional benefits for a 1994 accident, since he did not establish a causal connection to his condition. ...Read More | |||
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WCJ Erred in Enforcing Invalid Judgment Against Employer | 11/04/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a workers’ compensation judge erroneously enforced an invalid judgment against an employer that had already made payment to the emergency treatment providers for an employee. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Scaffold | 11/02/2020 | |
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| A New York appellate court ruled that a construction worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for injuries in a fall from a scaffold lacking safety railings. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Schedules Hearing on Proposal to Modify Claim Forms | 11/02/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division is holding a hearing Nov. 16 on a proposal to modify claim forms to remove fields used to report the Social Security numbers of injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Webinar to Explore Cost Impacts of Delayed Medical Treatment | 10/30/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Claims with soft tissue injuries for which medical treatment was delayed by a month had, on average, significantly higher indemnity and medical costs that persisted for years, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California reported in a study released Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Well-Known Psychiatrist, Internist Barred From Treating Injured Workers | 10/30/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York psychiatrist and former editor of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytical Association has been barred from treating injured workers, the state Workers' Compensation Board announced. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Report Shows Medical, Indemnity Have Stabilized Since 2007 Reform | 10/29/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York stakeholders often talk about the 2007 legislative reforms as a turning point in workers' compensation, spelling out changes designed to boost near-term benefits for employees but saving businesses and insurers over the long haul. ...Read More | |||
