Workers' Compensation News
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DOL Adopts Standards for Coal Mine Operators' Self-Insurance | 12/12/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor on Wednesday announced that its Office of Workers' Compensation Programs issued a final rule revising regulations under the Black Lung Benefits Act related to self-insurance by coal mine operators. ...Read More | |||
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High Court OKs Attorney Fees After Successful Appeal | 12/11/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday held that an appellate court did not err in remanding an issue of attorney fees to a trial court after it affirmed the lower court's judgment. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Commissioner Approves 9.2% Loss Cost Reduction | 12/11/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready on Tuesday announced a 9.2% decrease in workers' compensation loss costs for 2025. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award for Worker's Neck Condition, Declines to Address Shoulder Claim | 12/11/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to benefits for cervical radiculopathy, but the court declined to address the compensability of an alleged right shoulder tear. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Prior Award Counts Toward Second Injury Fund's Liability Threshold | 12/11/2024 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that part of a prior award of enhanced permanent partial disability can be considered in a subsequent claim against the Second Injury Fund to determine if the worker has met the statutory 50-week threshold. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Forfeits Benefits by Lying About Condition | 12/11/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the forfeiture of a worker’s benefits due to his misrepresentations regarding his physical capabilities. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Adverse Inference Charge for Spoliation of Evidence | 12/11/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an allegedly injured worker was entitled to an adverse inference charge based on the defendants’ spoliation of evidence and that none of the parties were entitled to summary judgment. ...Read More | |||
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SCC Approves 12% Loss Cost Decrease | 12/11/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia State Corporation Commission approved an average 12% loss cost reduction for policies incepting on or after April 1. The SCC ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Workers' Compensation Act Doesn't Deny Remedy by Due Process | 12/10/2024 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that the state Workers' Compensation Act did not deprive a grieving father of his constitutional right to a remedy by due process of law for his daughter’s death, allegedly caused by the negligence of her employer. ...Read More | |||
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Medical Biller Gets Probation for Stealing $1.1M From Surgeons | 12/10/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A medical biller convicted of stealing $1.1 million from surgeons who treated injured workers was sentenced to probation for five years and ordered to pay $300,000 in restitution, the New York Attorney General and State Inspector General offices said in a joint statement. ...Read More | |||
