Workers' Compensation News
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DWC Updates Outpatient and Medical Goods Fee Schedules | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation updated sections of the Official Medical Fee Schedule covering outpatient procedures and medical goods to conform to changes in the Medicare payment system. ...Read More | |||
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Dispute Over Borrowed Employee Precludes Summary Judgement in Tort Claim | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Illinois appeals court reversed an order that dismissed a civil tort claim, remanding the case for the trial court to determine whether the person who allegedly caused the injury was a borrowed employee of the injured worker’s employer. ...Read More | |||
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Three Plead Guilty to Evading Payroll Tax, Comp Coverage | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Three residents of Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and tax fraud through a years-long scheme of avoiding workers' compensation coverage and vastly underreporting payroll. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Labor Market Indicators Solid in March | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance said labor market indicators remained solid in March, with the economy adding 228,000 jobs overall, including 209,000 in the private sector. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Establish New/Omitted Condition Claim, Continued Combined Condition Claim | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s new/omitted medical condition claim for a preexisting cervical arthritic condition, as well as a finding that his compensable cervical strain/sprain ceased to be the major contributing cause of a compensable combined condition...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Finding That Summer Camp Excursion Director Was Seasonal Employee | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania overturned a finding that a summer camp’s excursion director was a seasonal employee and a finding that he had not suffered a neck injury in a fall from a rock-climbing tower. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill to End TTD When Worker Released to Full Duty | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a bill allowing temporary total disability benefits to be terminated when an injured worker is released to full duty. ...Read More | |||
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Housekeeper Not Permanently Totally Disabled by Injuries, Depression | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that an injured housekeeper was not permanently and totally disabled by his physical injuries and consequential depression. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Claim Expansion, Additional Treatment | 04/09/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a decision denying the expansion of a worker’s claim and for additional treatments. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Can Proceed With Claims for Discrimination, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination | 04/08/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld a trial judge’s decision to allow an injured worker to proceed with his claims of age and disability discrimination, wrongful termination and retaliation. ...Read More | |||
