Workers' Compensation News
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State Fund Must Pay for Continuing Treatment of Worker's Injury | 10/22/2024 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kansas Supreme Court upheld a determination that the state Workers Compensation Fund was liable for paying the continuing treatment expenses for a worker who had accepted a job out of state. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says Diabetic Worker's Foot Injury Didn't Cause Total Disability | 10/22/2024 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A split Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker’s compensable right-foot injury did not leave her permanently and totally disabled and that her left-foot injury was not compensable. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Firefighter Successfully Challenges Reduction in Benefits | 10/22/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an injured firefighter’s benefits were wrongly reduced and that he was entitled to full reinstatement, plus an award of penalties and attorney fees. ...Read More | |||
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Surveillance Footage Doesn't Prove Employee Made False Statements | 10/22/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an employer’s video surveillance footage of an injured worker did not establish that he ever made a false statement about his condition. ...Read More | |||
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Contractor Fined for Safety Violations That Caused Worker's Death | 10/22/2024 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal workplace safety investigators fined a Massachusetts waterproofing contractor $283,115 for safety violations they say led to a worker's death. ...Read More | |||
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No Change in Premium Assessment Rate for 2025 | 10/22/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division announced that premium assessment rates will remain unchanged in 2025. The division said the premium...Read More | |||
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WCRI Finds Medical Payments 10% Below Median in Golden State | 10/21/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers Compensation Research Institute reports that average medical payments per claim in California were 10% below the median of a 17-state study. ...Read More | |||
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CHP Captain Arrested for Alleged Comp Fraud | 10/21/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Highway Patrol announced that a former captain was arrested on suspicion of workers' compensation insurance fraud and theft. Matthe...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Awards PTD Benefits to Worker for Electric Shock Injuries | 10/21/2024 | |
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| State: SD | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that a worker was entitled to permanent total disability benefits for his electric shock injuries, finding he developed both a cardiac condition and numbness in his hand as a result of the jolt he suffered in 2018. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Fines Company $29,035 After Worker Struck by Stone Slab | 10/21/2024 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Federal workplace safety officials fined an Alabama countertop installation company $29,035, saying it could have prevented a worker's death by following federal safety standards. ...Read More | |||
