Workers' Compensation News
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DWC Seeks Comments for Routine Rule Review | 08/15/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is accepting comments on three sections of the Texas Administrative Code as part of a periodic review of its rules and regulations. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Bridge Accident | 08/15/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker should have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claims for a bridge construction accident. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Award for Worker's Radiation Exposure, Cancer | 08/15/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits for a worker’s cancer and radiation exposure. Case: West Virgini...Read More | |||
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Lack of Objective Medical Evidence Results in Summary Denial of TTD Claim | 08/15/2024 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court granted summary judgment denying a worker’s request for additional temporary total disability benefits because he failed to offer objective medical findings of his alleged chronic headaches. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Passes Bill to Prolong Electronic Payment Authorization | 08/14/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The California Senate unanimously passed a bill that would allow carriers to continue using debit cards to pay benefits for another two years. Th...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Announces CIGA, WCIRB Appointments | 08/14/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Tuesday announced two appointments to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Governing Committee and the California Insurance Guarantee Association board of governors. ...Read More | |||
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Court Strikes Down Statutory Prohibition on Workers Posting Recordings of IMEs Online | 08/14/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals held that a law prohibiting injured workers from posting to social media recordings of their independent medical examinations is an unconstitutional prior restraint on free speech. ...Read More | |||
| OWCP Sets New Provider Orientation | 08/14/2024 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The federal Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs is holding a basic orientation course Aug. 21 for providers recently authorized to render medical treatment and evaluations for injured federal workers. The program will feature an overview of OWCP’s medical bill proces...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Carrier's Suit Against Claims Administrator, Former Counsel | 08/14/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld the dismissal of an insurance carrier’s breach-of-contract claim against a third-party claims administrator and a malpractice action against the former attorney for the carrier. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Benefits for Shoulder Injury From Slip and Fall | 08/14/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker suffered an injury to his shoulder when he slipped and fell on a patch of ice. ...Read More | |||
