Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Denial of Disability Pension Benefits for Police Officer's Mental Injury | 11/21/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the denial of accidental disability pension benefits for a former police officer with a mental injury. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Awards Benefits on Theory of Causation Neither Argued Nor Pleaded by Worker | 11/21/2024 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Commission did not err in awarding benefits for a worker’s injury on a theory of causation that he neither argued nor pleaded. ...Read More | |||
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Selection Committee Seeks Candidates for WCCA Vacancy | 11/21/2024 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commission on Judicial Selection seeks candidates to fill a vacancy that will occur on the Minnesota Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals in January. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Department Adopts 6.1% Loss Cost Reduction | 11/21/2024 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Insurance Department approved a 6.1% reduction in voluntary market loss costs and a 6.2% decrease in assigned risk plan rates for policies incepting in 2025. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Finds Occupational Pneumoconiosis Not Linked to Worker's Death | 11/21/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a widow’s claim for death benefits, finding that her husband did not die as a result of occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Court Finds Worker's Need for Shoulder Surgery Unrelated to Prior Work Accident | 11/20/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a worker failed to link her need for shoulder surgery to a prior work accident. Sanjanet...Read More | |||
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DWC Updates Pharmacy Rules | 11/20/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation updated its rules governing pharmaceutical benefits. The division said the final rules ...Read More | |||
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Comptroller: Max Benefit Formula 'In Range' of Peers, but Max Payment Lower Than Most | 11/20/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Although the formula for calculating temporary total disability benefits in New York is consistent with other large states and its neighbors, the actual maximum benefit in New York is lower than all peer states except New Jersey, according to a new report. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Propose State-Specific Heat Illness Protection Rules | 11/20/2024 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| With the lack of federal rules to protect workers from heat, New Jersey lawmakers are proposing that the state's Occupational Safety and Health Administration adopt and enforce its own heat injury and illness prevention rules. ...Read More | |||
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Bill to Raise Preauthorization Limit Heads to Governor | 11/20/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York lawmakers finally sent the governor a bill that would increase the threshold used to identify medical procedures needing prior approval. ...Read More | |||
