Workers' Compensation News
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WCD Holding Hearing About Latest AMA Guides | 11/08/2024 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alaska Workers' Compensation Division is holding a public meeting Dec. 10 to discuss adopting of the 2024 update to impairment rating guides. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Contractor for Exposing Workers to Deadly Falls | 11/08/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited a contractor in Crystal Lake, Illinois, for allegedly exposing workers to fall hazards. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB Panel Says Orders Taking Matters off Calendar Are Not Final, Ineligible for Reconsideration | 11/07/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Orders taking a matter off calendar are not final orders for the purposes of seeking reconsideration, the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board said in a what it designated as a "significant panel decision." ...Read More | |||
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High Court Asked to Order WCAB Decide 'Grant for Study' Cases | 11/07/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A petition was filed with the California Supreme Court requesting a writ of mandate directing the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board to render final decisions on cases in which it granted petitions for reconsideration for further study. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets 0% Award for Occupational Pneumconiosis | 11/07/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of 0% permanent partial disability for a worker’s occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Board Applied Wrong Standard of Proof to Social Worker's Claims of Injury from Dog | 11/07/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board applied the wrong standard of proof to a social worker seeking benefits for physical and psychological injuries from being pushed down by a dog. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns PTD Award for Pharmacy Worker's Injuries from Fall | 11/07/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned an award of permanent total disability benefits for an injured pharmacy technician. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court to Review Burden of Proof on Modification Petitions | 11/07/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court will be weighing in on the proper allocation of the burden of proving the existence of available positions for an injured worker, and the suitability of those positions when the worker is a union member entitled to union benefits. ...Read More | |||
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PCRB Posts Reminder of Deadline to Request 2009 Assessment Refund | 11/07/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau announced that eligible carriers can request refunds of 2009 work comp security fund assessments through Feb. 24. ...Read More | |||
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AG Says State Could Get $122M in Kroger Opioid Settlement | 11/06/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the state could receive up to $122 million from Kroger through a settlement that resolves allegations that the grocery chain failed to oversee the dispensing of opioids at its pharmacy. ...Read More | |||
