Workers' Compensation News
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Insurance Department Posts Guidance on Use of AI | 11/15/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oklahoma Insurance Department posted a bulletin with regulatory guidance for the use of artificial intelligence. The bulletin out...Read More | |||
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Self-Insurer Report Threshold Increasing to $10,000 | 11/15/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division announced that the threshold for self-insured employers to report claim loss data will increase to $10,000 from $9,500 next year. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Rejects Injured Police Chief's Effort to Increase PPD Award | 11/15/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that an injured police chief was not entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Shoulder Injury From Fall | 11/15/2024 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits for a worker’s alleged shoulder injury from an on-the-job fall. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Defendant Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Any Claim | 11/15/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendant in a Labor Law action was not entitled to summary judgment on any of the worker’s claims. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to TTD After Firing | 11/15/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a determination that a fired worker was not entitled to temporary total disability benefits for a compensable shoulder injury. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Board Elects Tracy Ryan President, CEO | 11/15/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The board of directors for the National Council on Compensation Insurance elected Tracy Ryan as president and chief executive officer, effective Jan. 6. ...Read More | |||
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Roofing Worker Gets Enhanced Award for Employer's Safety Violation | 11/14/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld an enhanced award of benefits to an injured roofing worker for his employer’s violation of a specific safety requirement. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Injured by Falling Pipe Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment | 11/14/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker injured in an accident caused by a falling pipe should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Finding of Compensability for Worker's Knee Injury | 11/14/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Supreme Court upheld a finding of compensability for a worker with a knee injury. Case: P&G Tabler S...Read More | |||
