Workers' Compensation News
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Subcontractor Sentenced to 48 Months for Fraud, Safety Violations | 02/26/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida announced that the owner of a subcontracting firm was sentenced to 48 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud the federal government and willful violation of a workplace safety standard that resu...Read More | |||
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WCRI Report Inspects Impact of Pandemic on Medical Utilization | 02/26/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute released a new report exploring variations in medical utilization trends during the COVID-19 pandemic based on the age and tenure of workers. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Passed to Move Comp Court, Clarify Coverage in Employer Vehicle | 02/26/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Montana lawmakers took the first step toward transferring the state's work comp court from the executive branch to the judiciary, with a policy committee unanimously passing the bill Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Repeated Failure to Comply With Administrative Orders Warrants Dismissal of Claim | 02/26/2025 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claim based on his repeated failure to comply with orders from a deputy commissioner. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Worker's Request to Increase Award for Knee Injury | 02/26/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to an increased award for a knee injury. Case:...Read More | |||
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Carrier, Agent Have No Duty to Defend Third-Party Defendant in Worker's Suit | 02/26/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier and its managing general agent had no duty to defend or indemnify its insured against a third-party claim filed by the owner of property at which the insured’s employee allegedly suffered injuries. ...Read More | |||
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No TTD for Worker Who Was Unemployed When Disabled by Psychological Condition | 02/26/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a man was not entitled to temporary total disability benefits for a period during which his compensable psychological conditions rendered him unable to work. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Propose San Joaquin MPN, Ag Worker Heat Presumption | 02/25/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Bills introduced ahead of Friday's filing deadline for the 2025 legislative session include familiar proposals to create a state-run medical provider network and enact a heat injury presumption for agricultural workers. ...Read More | |||
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Task Force Says Employers Duck $58.7M in Premiums by Misclassifying Workers | 02/25/2025 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Businesses misclassifying construction workers in Maryland avoid paying an estimated $58.7 million in workers' compensation premiums annually, according to a new report by the state's Joint Enforcement Task Force on Workplace Fraud. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Death From Lung Transplant Complications Not Compensable | 02/25/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker’s death from complications stemming from a double lung transplant necessitated by his COVID-19 infection was not compensable. ...Read More | |||
