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Workers' Compensation News

 
Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Names Chief Growth Officer 01/23/2025
State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer
Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Co. on Wednesday named Jodi M. Swartz as the company’s senior vice president and chief growth officer, effective Feb. 18. ...Read More
 
 

Rates to Drop 3.6% in March 01/23/2025
State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance announced that workers' compensation premiums will decline in March for the 12th consecutive year. ...Read More
 
 

Appeals Court Says Commission Used Wrong Earnings to Calculate Benefits 01/22/2025
State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission failed to account for the effect of retirement on an injured worker's diminished earning capacity when it incorrectly calculated wage differential benefits, a state appellate court ruled. ...Read More
 
 

Injured Worker Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim 01/22/2025
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claims. Case: ...Read More
 
 

Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request for Claim Expansion, Treatment, More TTD 01/22/2025
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand his claim, receive additional treatment and reopen his temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More
 
 

Injured Worker Waits Too Long to Add Condition as Compensable Injury 01/22/2025
State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an injured worker waited too long to seek compensation for an alleged injury that he sustained in addition to those for which his employer had accepted liability. ...Read More
 
 

Supreme Court Again Overturns Fee Award as Too Low 01/22/2025
State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
The third time was not the charm for a fee dispute that made its way to the Alaska Supreme Court for the third time, with the court overturning a fee award to two injured workers as still being too low. ...Read More
 
 

Man Sentenced to 27 Months for Payroll Scheme 01/22/2025
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida announced that a man who created a shell company as part of a payroll fraud scheme was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison Tuesday. ...Read More
 
 

Bill Would Create Right of Action for Retaliation 01/22/2025
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
New York workers would be allowed to sue their employers for unlawful retaliation rather than pursue administrative complaints before the State Workers' Compensation Board under a bill introduced Monday. ...Read More
 
 

OSHA Issues Maximum Penalty to GE Appliances for Fatal Accident 01/22/2025
State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
Federal workplace safety regulators said they levied the maximum fine allowed by law against a manufacturer of appliances for General Electric Co. after a worker was killed in July. ...Read More
 
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