Workers' Compensation News
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NCCI Recommends 5.7% Rate Cut for 2021; COVID Costs Not Considered | 09/02/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 253 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 56 min read | |||
| If stakeholders were hoping the National Council on Compensation Insurance was going to shed new light on the projected cost of COVID-19 claims in Florida, they may be disappointed. ...Read More | |||
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Court Clarifies Preclusive Effect of Doctors' Opinions | 09/02/2020 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 169 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 82 min read | |||
| The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that a recommendation by a division-sponsored independent medical examiner to convert a worker’s schedule impairment to a whole person impairment did not have preclusive effect under the Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Church Mutual Names Chief Claims Officer | 09/02/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 485 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 304 min read | |||
| Church Mutual Insurance Co. on Tuesday announced that Becky Hudzik-Presson was named chief claims officer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award of Benefits, Additional Treatment for Worker's Back Injury | 09/02/2020 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 137 | 0 | Popular with Medical | 10 min read | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of wage-loss benefits and additional medical treatment to a worker for a back injury despite a conflict in the medical opinions as to the cause of his ongoing issues. ...Read More | |||
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Man Pleads Guilty to Running Illegal Business Believed to Be Front to Avoid Comp | 09/02/2020 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 171 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read | |||
| A Utah man pleaded guilty to one count of operating an unlicensed money transmitting businesses that federal prosecutors say likely existed to avoid employment taxes and workers’ compensation premiums. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Must Defend Owner, Construction Manager From Worker's Suit | 09/02/2020 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 170 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 55 min read | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that a subcontractor’s insurance carrier had a duty to defend a property owner and construction manager from an employee’s claims of negligence. ...Read More | |||
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DCBS Schedules Sept. 17 Hearing on Assessments | 09/02/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 108 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 8 min read | |||
| The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services will hold a virtual hearing Sept. 17 on a yet-to-be-proposed workers’ compensation premium assessment rate for 2021. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Starts Smartphone Contract Tracing at Hearings | 09/02/2020 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 145 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 29 min read | |||
| Starting this week, the Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission is utilizing modern technology to enhance COVID-19 contact tracing for participants at hearings. ...Read More | |||
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Average Cost-to-Charge Ratio for Hospitals Drops Slightly | 09/02/2020 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 127 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 50 min read | |||
| The Michigan Workers' Compensation Agency has posted new cost-to-charge ratios for 160 hospitals across the state. The ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Claim Alleging 'Power Press Exception' to Exclusive Remedy | 09/01/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1427 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 79 min read | |||
| An employer’s failure to install any point-of-operation guards created a triable issue about whether a manufacturer’s vague recommendation to use some type of protection is sufficient to trigger an exclusive remedy exception for a woman whose hand was severely injured in a machine, a ...Read More | |||
