Workers' Compensation News
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Court Rejects Carrier's Claim of Misconduct by Judge | 02/23/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 229 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a workers’ compensation law judge who made a joke about consulting with “an en banc panel” did not engage in misconduct warranting the rescission of her decision. ...Read More | |||
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Principles of Estoppel Don't Bar Widow From Seeking Benefits | 02/23/2021 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 114 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 260 min read | |||
| A Missouri appellate court clarified the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission’s jurisdiction to rule on issues of estoppel and found that a widow was not barred from seeking benefits for the murder of her husband by a co-employee. ...Read More | |||
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Board Moves to Electronic Submission of Comp Coverage | 02/23/2021 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 103 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 78 min read | |||
| Indiana employers may now submit workers' compensation coverage forms online, and paper forms will soon be barred, the state's Workers' Compensation Board announced. ...Read More | |||
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All 935 Meat Worker COVID Claims Denied, Newspaper Reports | 02/23/2021 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 477 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 77 min read | |||
| Despite widespread media attention and complaints from workers, all 935 COVID-19 workers' compensation claims at Minnesota's largest meatpacking plants have been denied, according to the Star Tribune newspaper. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Plans to Update Anesthesia Reimbursement | 02/23/2021 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 106 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 166 min read | |||
| The Louisiana Workforce Commission plans to update the workers' compensation reimbursement for nurse anesthetists, in keeping with Medicare's codes and modifiers. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Announce Single-Payer Proposal | 02/22/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1757 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 40 min read | |||
| A group of California lawmakers on Friday announced the introduction of a bill that would create some type of single-payer health care system but provided few details about what the proposal would look like. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Mandate Comp Coverage for Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities | 02/22/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 375 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 32 min read | |||
| Businesses operating alcohol or drug abuse recovery and treatment facilities in California would be required to carry workers’ compensation coverage, under a recently introduced bill. ...Read More | |||
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MLAC Opts for Work Group on Proposed Changes to TD Authorization, Overpayment Credits | 02/22/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: OR | Segment: Top | 223 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 12 min read | |||
| Members of the Management-Labor Advisory Committee on Friday said they’ll convene a subcommittee to parse a bill introduced in the Oregon Legislature that would remove restrictions on retroactive authorization for temporary disability and limit carriers’ ability to recover overpayment...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Extend Comp to Some Domestic Workers; Presumption Bills in Conference | 02/22/2021 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: VA | Segment: Top | 165 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 120 min read | |||
| Virginia lawmakers on Friday voted to extend workers' compensation and fair-labor laws to some domestic workers, but COVID-19 presumption bills may have hit a wall with just days left in the legislative session. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Use Out-of-State Settlement to Avoid Reimbursing WSI for Benefits | 02/22/2021 | |
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| State: ND | Segment: NORTH | 169 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 10 min read | |||
| The North Dakota Supreme Court ruled that a worker could not avoid liability to reimburse Workforce Safety and Insurance after he received benefits for an injury from the Missouri workers’ compensation system. ...Read More | |||
