Workers' Compensation News
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MEMIC Announces $18.7M Dividend | 10/10/2024 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The board of directors for Maine-based workers’ compensation carrier MEMIC Group approved an $18.7 million dividend. The dividend announced We...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Reports Increase in Average Charged Rates | 10/09/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Average charged rates increased in the first six months of 2024, suggesting recent rate declines are flattening, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California said in its latest quarterly experience report. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Opens Second 15-Day Comment Period for Pharmacy Rules | 10/09/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation opened a second 15-day comment period on a proposal to incorporate Medi-Cal’s reimbursement rules into its pharmacy fee schedule. ...Read More | |||
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CAAA Opens Registration for 2025 Winter Convention | 10/09/2024 | |
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| The California Applicants’ Attorneys Association opened registration for its annual winter convention, which will be held in Las Vegas Jan. 23-26. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding That City Can Offset Benefits for Former Fire Chief | 10/09/2024 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court decided that a city was no longer liable for benefits to its former fire chief under a pension offset and that its appeal regarding benefits, interest and penalties was moot. ...Read More | |||
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WCA Proposes Package of Rule Changes | 10/09/2024 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration proposed a package of rule changes that would increase food and lodging reimbursements and double the payment owed to doctors for deposition testimony. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Roofer's Award for Disease From Benzene Exposure | 10/09/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a finding that a roofer’s rare blood disorder was linked to his occupational exposure to benzene. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendants Get Summary Judgment | 10/09/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law action should have been granted summary judgment on an additional aspect of the plaintiff’s claim, but part of the plaintiff’s claim deserved to go to trial. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI Reports on Emerging Costs of Migraine Drugs | 10/08/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute reported that a nearly eightfold increase in migraine drug prescriptions coincided with the emergence of several high-cost drugs that are not included in the formulary. ...Read More | |||
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Cal/OSHA Cites Farm Labor Contractor for Heat Violations | 10/08/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health cited a farm labor contractor $17,550 for violating heat illness prevention standards. C...Read More | |||
