Workers' Compensation News
| Division Accepts Public Comment on Letting Physician Assistants Sign Work Status Reports | 04/17/2018 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 114 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 60 min read | |||
| The Division of Workers' Compensation is accepting public comment on a rule that would allow physicians' assistants to sign and file work status reports, and send copies to injured workers by email. The rule is in keeping with legislation passed last year that auth...Read More | |||
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Interpreters, Payers and Attorneys Voice Concerns About Proposed Fee Schedule | 04/16/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1117 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 46 min read | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation's proposal to reduce payments for interpretation services provided in the same time slot is drawing criticism from payers, applicants’ attorneys and interpreters for different reasons. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Poizner Ahead in Race for Insurance Commissioner | 04/16/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 394 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 16 min read | |||
| Steve Poizner leads the field of candidates to replace Dave Jones as California’s next insurance commissioner, according to media reports. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Approves Coverage for Police Injured Out-of-State; Fraud Analytics Bill Amended | 04/16/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 291 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 16 min read | |||
| The California Assembly on Thursday passed a bill supporters say is intended to clarify that peace officers are allowed to file workers’ compensation claims for certain injuries they suffer when off duty and outside of the state. ...Read More | |||
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Residential Yoga Program Helps Reduce Front-Line Worker Stress, Study Finds | 04/16/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 237 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 30 min read | |||
| A residential yoga program in Massachusetts is teaching “front-line” employees, including first responders, how to better manage stress, even as stress-related claims are figuring more prominently in workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Put Asbestos Claims Back in Lap of WC | 04/16/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 310 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 30 min read | |||
| Five years after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court took asbestos-related and other long-tail diseases out of the realm of workers' compensation, a bill in the General Assembly would put them back, in a move to relieve employers of expensive tort liability. ...Read More | |||
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Teacher Can't Bring Whistleblower Action Against Charter School Operator | 04/16/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 147 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 123 min read | |||
| The Texas Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a third-grade teacher could not assert a claim against her former employer for retaliating against her for complaining about the mold in her workplace that had allegedly caused her to fall ill. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Rejects Worker's Suit Over Toxic Chemical Exposure | 04/16/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 103 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 5 min read | |||
| The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a worker was time-barred from pursuing a personal injury claim against a subcontractor at an oil well who allegedly exposed him to toxic chemicals that resulted in his development of skin cancer. ...Read More | |||
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Offset for Workers Collecting Social Security Applies to Multiple Injuries | 04/16/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 144 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 12 min read | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that an insurance carrier is entitled to take a statutory offset against a worker’s permanent total disability benefits if the worker is receiving Social Security disability benefits because of one, or more, industrial injury. ...Read More | |||
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Chubb Makes Two Executive Appointments as Gerard Butler Retires | 04/16/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 88 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 60 min read | |||
| Chubb has named Christopher Maleno as division president for field operations, and Matthew Merna as division president for major accounts. ...Read More | |||
