Workers' Compensation News
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Cashier Shot During Robbery Leads to OSHA Fines for Circle K | 08/16/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal workplace safety investigators cited Circle K Stores Inc. for failing to provide a safe place of employment after a cashier suffered a serious gunshot injury during a robbery. ...Read More | |||
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Former Postal Worker Pleads Guilty to Comp Fraud | 08/16/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A former U.S. Postal Service employee pleaded guilty to four counts of making false statements to receive federal workers’ compensation benefits, the U.S. Justice Department announced. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Overturns PPD Award on Deficiencies in Apportionment Opinion | 08/16/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court overturned an award of permanent partial disability benefits to an injured worker, finding that it was improperly based on the opinion of a doctor who failed to explain his basis for apportioning impairment. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Has No Duty to Advise Comp Client on Potential Third-Party Claims | 08/16/2024 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled that the attorney and law firm hired to represent a man on solely his workers’ compensation claim did not have a duty to advise him of any potential third-party claims he might have. ...Read More | |||
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Disability Law Allows Withholdings From Employees' Benefits | 08/16/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that the Public Employee Disability Act does not prohibit an employer from withholding taxes from a worker’s benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Department Can Order Reimbursement of Witness Fees | 08/16/2024 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled that the state's Workers’ Compensation Division has the authority to order reimbursement of an employee’s reasonably incurred medical expert witness fees. ...Read More | |||
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Union Painter's Direct Employer Must Pay Benefits but Can Take Pension Offset | 08/15/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination that a union painter’s direct employer was liable for his benefits but was entitled to a pension offset — and that the worker had earning capacity but had voluntarily withdrawn from the workforce. ...Read More | |||
| Employers Required to Use Revised Work Comp Notice Poster in September | 08/15/2024 | ||
| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents announced that employers must use and display a revised employee notice form, starting Sept. 16. Employers are required to fill out the posters by providing information about who to contact to report a workplace injury and informat...Read More | |||
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Labor Department Posts Practice Guidelines Online | 08/15/2024 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Delaware Department of Labor adopted rules allowing it to post the Workers’ Compensation Oversight Panel’s health care practice guidelines on its website. ...Read More | |||
| Division Announces Dates for Quarterly Stakeholder Meetings | 08/15/2024 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is holding its regular quarterly stakeholder meetings for carriers and providers Sept. 5. The provider quarterly meeting will cover topics including designated doctor billing rules, a report on access to medical care in the state’s c...Read More | |||
