Workers' Compensation News
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Safety Inspectors Cite Employers for Silica Violations | 08/30/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Workplace safety regulators in California and Washington state proposed nearly $500,000 in penalties for 10 employers accused of exposing workers to crystalline silica dust. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Announces Dates for 'Brown Bag' Meetings on Dispute Resolution | 08/30/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that it will hold a series of “brown bag” meetings in September and October to discuss the latest updates in dispute resolution. ...Read More | |||
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IAIABC Opens Registration for Work Comp Judicial Program | 08/30/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions opened registration for its 2024 Judicial Program being held Oct. 29-30. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Mandate In-State Licensing for UR Docs Returns | 08/29/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would require some doctors performing utilization review to be licensed in the state was brought back to life after spending roughly a year on the California Assembly’s “inactive file.” ...Read More | |||
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Amendment Expands E-Signature Bill | 08/29/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Electronic signatures would be allowed for all California workers’ compensation documents, under a recently amended bill. Assemblymember Dian...Read More | |||
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Kids' Chance Awards $225,115 in Scholarships | 08/29/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Kids’ Chance of California awarded $225,115 in scholarships to 42 students for the upcoming academic year. The nonprofit organization that ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Grants Review of Drug Fee Schedule Dispute | 08/29/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has granted review of disagreement over the proper prescription drug fee schedule for resolving workers’ compensation disputes. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Finds Worker's Heart Attack Wasn't Product of Unusual Stress | 08/29/2024 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled that a man's heart attack on his third day of work was not due to clearly unusual or abnormal employment stress for those in his position. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Not Entitled to Expand Scope of Claim | 08/29/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand her claim to include additional conditions. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Employer's Challenge to Loss-of-Use Award | 08/29/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court rejected an employer’s challenge to a loss-of-use award to a worker who underwent a partial surgical amputation of his foot. ...Read More | |||
