Workers' Compensation News
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WCIRB: Economic Expansion Contributes to Increases in Premium, Severity | 07/30/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Economic expansion and wage growth contributed to rising premiums and average indemnity claim severity in California, according to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s 2024 State of the System report. ...Read More | |||
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Friendship-Based Employment Can Fall Within Scope of Comp System | 07/30/2024 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court ruled that employment based on friendship does not automatically fall outside the scope of the state workers’ compensation law. ...Read More | |||
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WCS Graduated Fine Schedule Takes Effect | 07/30/2024 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section announced that its Audit Unit will implement and enforce a new graduated fine schedule for subsequent violations. ...Read More | |||
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WCB to Index More Claims Starting in September | 07/30/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board announced that it will expand in September the number of claims that it indexes. The WCB s...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Termination of Benefits for Worker's Slip-and-Fall Accident | 07/30/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the termination of a worker’s benefits for her injuries from a slip-and-fall accident. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Liable for Comp Gets Dismissal of Worker's Civil Claim | 07/30/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an employer was entitled to the dismissal of an injured worker’s civil claims against it after it was held liable for workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Suspends Attorney for Nine Months | 07/30/2024 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The District of Columbia Court of Appeals suspended for nine months an attorney with a long disciplinary history. Nelson Gonzalez i...Read More | |||
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Industrial Commission Opens Registration for Annual Conference | 07/30/2024 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The North Carolina Industrial Commission opened registration for its annual conference being held Sept. 30-Oct. 2 at the Raleigh Convention Center. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Constitutional Challenges to IRE Process | 07/29/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected a worker’s constitutional challenges to the state's new impairment rating evaluation process. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Injured in Explosion Loses Claim That Employer Tricked Him Into Comp Settlement | 07/29/2024 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Tennessee Court of Appeals upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s claims asserting that he was the victim of a fraudulent scheme to designate him as an employee instead of an independent contractor so that his employer could avoid civil liability for his severe burn injuries....Read More | |||
