Workers' Compensation News
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Fraudulent Claim Leads to Conviction of Worker, Employer | 03/28/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Iowa employer pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact as an employee continued working for him while receiving workers’ compensation benefits, the Iowa Division of Insurance announced. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding That Injured Police Officer Had Not Involuntarily Retired | 03/28/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that an injured police officer had not involuntarily retired from duty. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Dismisses Widow's Challenge to Evidence Order | 03/28/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court dismissed a widow’s challenge to an order from the Workers’ Compensation Board directing her to produce evidence of the asbestos-related lawsuits her husband had settled before his death. ...Read More | |||
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Toll Collector Not Entitled to Expand Scope of Claim, Get Additional Benefits | 03/28/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a toll collector was not entitled to add conditions to her claim for a shoulder injury and that she was not entitled to additional treatment or benefits. ...Read More | |||
| DWC Posts 2nd Quarter Adjustments to OMFS | 03/27/2024 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order updating the physician and nonphysician practitioner section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to incorporate changes made by Medicare. The division said the order adopts several changes the Centers for Medicare and...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Benefits, Fees, Penalties for Offer of Inappropriate Job | 03/27/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to benefits, fees and penalties because her employer failed to offer her a suitable position after she twice injured her shoulder at work. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Finds Miner's Pneumoconiosis Didn't Contribute to His Death | 03/27/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker’s occupational pneumoconiosis did not materially contribute to his death. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Employer's Challenge to Board's Interpretation of Subpoena Rules | 03/27/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court tossed an employer’s appeal challenging a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board regarding its interpretation of the statutory and regulatory scheme of issuing subpoenas for the deposition of medical providers. ...Read More | |||
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Worker, Defendants Each Get Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claims | 03/27/2024 | |
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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 but that the defendants were also entitled to dismissal of some of his claims. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Propose Penalty for Unreasonable Denial, Presumption of Compensability After 90 Days | 03/27/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Louisiana lawmakers have introduced bills that would presume that claims are compensable if they haven’t been denied within three months, and to allow employers to seek penalties and attorney fees when they have to recover health care payments after a work comp claim is unreasonably denied....Read More | |||
