Workers' Compensation News
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Lawmakers Approve 2024 Fee Schedule | 05/24/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that state lawmakers have approved the updated 2024 Medical Fee Schedule. The ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgment Inappropriate on Labor Law Claim for Worker's Fall Through Opening | 05/24/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that summary judgment could not be granted on the Labor Law and indemnification claims arising from a worker’s fall through an opening with an unsecured cover. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Scaffold | 05/24/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim for his motorized scaffold accident. C...Read More | |||
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JCC Errs in Failing to Find Worker's Claim for Additional Benefits Untimely | 05/24/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that a judge erred in failing to find that a worker’s claim for additional benefits was time-barred. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Confirms Reappointment of Commissioner Gillen | 05/24/2024 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The North Carolina Senate unanimously confirmed the reappointment of James C. Gillen to the state Industrial Commission. ...Read More | |||
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Owners of Janitorial Company Charged With Premium Fraud | 05/23/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Insurance announced that the owners of a janitorial firm were charged with fraud for allegedly underreporting payroll by more than $2.4 million to reduce their work comp premiums and dodge payroll taxes. ...Read More | |||
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Court Has Jurisdiction Over Worker's Tort Suit for Sexual Assault | 05/23/2024 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the Industrial Commission did not have exclusive jurisdiction over a worker’s injury claim based on alleged sexual assault by a work-release inmate training him for his job. ...Read More | |||
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Rating Bureau, Comp Commission Ready New Websites | 05/23/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau and the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission on Wednesday announced plans to launch new websites. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Raise Preauthorization Limit to $1,500 | 05/23/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York lawmakers are proposing to increase the threshold for determining whether certain medical procedures require prior approval and to prohibit using the list of pre-approved procedures to deny treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Court Dismisses Dispute Over Whether Worker Qualifies as Public Safety Employee | 05/23/2024 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Maryland Appellate Court rejected a dispute over whether an injured worker qualified as a public safety employee due to a lack of jurisdiction. ...Read More | |||
