Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Require PTSD Coverage for First Responders, Allow Use of Ecstasy | 04/03/2024 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Workers’ compensation could buy ecstasy for first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the use of the drug before the end of 2025, under a bill moving through the Arizona Legislature. ...Read More | |||
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Work Comp Bills Head to Governor's Desk | 04/03/2024 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Maryland lawmakers on Tuesday passed bills that would modify how hearing loss is calculated for workers’ compensation benefits, expand the list of cancers that are presumed compensable for certain public safety workers and increase the penalty for failing to secure work comp coverage. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Denied TTD After Surgery Gets Writ Relief | 04/03/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to a writ of mandamus overturning a denial of his request for temporary total disability benefits while he recovered from surgery necessitated by his compensable injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Bus Driver's Claim for Psychological Injuries From Pandemic | 04/03/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a former bus driver’s claim for benefits for his alleged psychological injuries from the COVID-19 pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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Pinnacol Board Elects Akasha Absher as Chair | 04/03/2024 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Colorado’s Pinnacol Assurance announced that its board of directors elected Akasha Absher as its chairwoman. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Panel Gets Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 04/03/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim but that the general contractor was also entitled to partial summary judgment in its favor. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: Revised Benefit Limits for Mental Impairment Still Violate Equal Protection | 04/02/2024 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A unanimous New Mexico Supreme Court on Monday said a law that limits the duration of benefits for subsequent mental impairments to the duration of benefits allowed for the underlying physical condition violates the equal protection clause of the state Constitution. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Man Has Schedule Injuries | 04/02/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a worker’s right shoulder and arm injuries are compensable, but they should not have been treated as nonschedule injuries. ...Read More | |||
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No TTD for Worker Laid Off During COVID-19 Pandemic | 04/02/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for temporary total disability benefits after he was laid off because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Criminalizing Premium Fraud | 04/02/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek enacted a bill that immediately made it a misdemeanor for employers to submit false payroll reports to reduce their workers’ compensation premiums. ...Read More | |||
