Workers' Compensation News
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Reserve Cop Can't Get Benefits for Injuries From Working as Motorcycle Escort | 03/27/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a commissioned reserve police officer was not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for his injuries from a traffic accident that happened while he was providing motorcycle escort services to a private company. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker's Alleged Injuries From Construction Site Fall | 03/27/2025 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s benefits claim for alleged injuries from a fall at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Third-Party Claims Against Worker's Employer | 03/27/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned the dismissal of the third-party claims by a group of Labor Law defendants against an allegedly injured worker’s employer. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Benefit Requests | 03/27/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request to reopen his claim for benefits, a request for a foot brace and a referral to an orthopedist. ...Read More | |||
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Amended Bill Proposes SIBTF Changes, New Name for Program | 03/26/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Substantial evidence establishing the existence of a permanent partial disability predating a subsequent compensable injury would be required for injured workers to qualify for benefits from California's second injury fund under a recently amended bill. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Proposes IBR for Contract Disputes | 03/26/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Billing disputes involving alleged contractual discounts or reductions from California's fee schedule rates would be eligible for administrative review under amendments to a bill introduced in February to promote transparency. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Med-Legal Templates | 03/26/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker is proposing that the Division of Workers' Compensation create templates for medical-legal communications and reports. ...Read More | |||
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IRS: Operators of Roofing Business Sentenced to Prison for Fraud | 03/26/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The operators of a Florida roofing company were sentenced to federal prison for workers' compensation fraud and tax evasion, the Internal Revenue Service announced. ...Read More | |||
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APCIA Names Sam Whitfield Head of Federal Government Relations | 03/26/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The American Property Casualty Insurance Association on Tuesday announced that Sam Whitfield has joined the association as senior vice president, federal government relations and political engagement. ...Read More | |||
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Court Orders Board to Recalculate Fees Owed to Worker's Attorneys | 03/26/2025 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Hawaii’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned an award of fees to the attorneys for an injured hotel worker, finding that the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations erred in denying payment for some services provided. ...Read More | |||
