Workers' Compensation News
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State Has Immunity From Suit by Contractor's Injured Employee | 05/15/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld a determination that the state was the statutory employer of a contractor’s employee who was injured while supervising inmates working at a call center at a prison complex. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets TTD for Shoulder Injury, but Bid for More Rejected | 05/15/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker for a shoulder injury but rejected his claim of entitlement to more compensation. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI Reports Cost Trends Mostly Linked to Wages | 05/15/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute said recent changes in overall costs per claim in Florida in 2022 and 2023 were largely the result of wage growth. ...Read More | |||
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CDI Sets June 10 Hearing on Rate Filing | 05/14/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Insurance is holding a public hearing on June 10 on a recommendation to increase the advisory pure premium rate for policies incepting on or after Sept. 1. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Injured Worker's Claims for Premises Liability, Negligence | 05/14/2025 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Court of Appeals revived the claims of an injured worker and his employer’s insurance carrier against a property owner for premises liability and negligence. ...Read More | |||
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ACOEM Webinar to Cover Cannabis Guidelines | 05/14/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine is hosting a webinar May 21 to discuss clinical recommendations for the use of cannabis to treat pain. ...Read More | |||
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WCB Holding Educational Sessions on CMS-1500 Mandate | 05/14/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board is holding a series of educational sessions ahead of a coming mandate that providers submit CMS-1500 medical billing forms electronically. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Entitlement to Increased SLU Award | 05/14/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the schedule loss of use award issued to an injured worker, finding the opinions of his treating physician were properly discounted and that the lower percentages assigned by the employer’s consultant were properly used as the basis for the award. ...Read More | |||
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Denial of Worker's Claim for Back Injury Overturned | 05/14/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned the denial of a worker’s claim for a back injury. Case: K...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Comp System Remains Strong | 05/14/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance said in its latest “State of the Line” report that private carriers notched an 11th consecutive year of underwriting profitability with a combined ratio of 86% in 2024. ...Read More | |||
