Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Gets Benefits for Ladder Fall Injuries Despite Intoxication | 10/25/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits for a worker even though he was heavily intoxicated when he fell from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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WCA Announces Judicial Appointment of Doug Christopherson | 10/25/2024 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The New Mexico Workers' Compensation Administration announced that Doug Christopherson was appointed as the agency's newest judge. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI: Medical Payments Per Claim Higher Than Most States | 10/25/2024 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute reported that medical payments per claim in Indiana were higher than typical among the 17 states included in a recent study. ...Read More | |||
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Direct Deposit, PTSD Measures Head to Governor | 10/25/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Pennsylvania lawmakers sent Gov. Josh Shapiro bills that would make direct deposit the default way to pay work comp benefits and make it easier for first responders to receive benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI: Drop in Opioid Prescriptions More Pronounced in Comp | 10/24/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Declines in opioid use among injured workers exceeded the decline among the overall population from 2017 to 2023, the California Workers' Compensation Institute reports. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Posts 2025 X-Mods | 10/24/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California announced that insurers, agents and brokers can access recently published 2025 experience modifications for policyholders. ...Read More | |||
| DWC Announces TTD Rates for 2025 | 10/24/2024 | ||
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| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that the minimum and maximum temporary total disability rates are increasing Jan. 1. The minimum TTD rate will increase to $252.03 per week from $242.86. The maximum TTD rate will increase to $1,680.29 from $1,619.15. ...Read More | |||
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Claims School Seminar to Explore Return to Work, Case Law and IMEs | 10/24/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Workers’ compensation defense firm Reinisch Wilson Weier is holding a one-day educational seminar in November that will cover case law affecting the Washington state workers’ compensation system, the independent medical examination process and return to work. ...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment for Labor Law Defendants | 10/24/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that none of the defendants in a Labor Law action was entitled to summary judgment dismissing the claims against them or on their claims against each other. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Hit by Falling Tree Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 10/24/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment in a Labor Law claim by a worker injured by a falling tree. Case...Read More | |||
