Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Employer's Entitlement to Terminate Worker's Benefits | 09/19/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an employer’s entitlement to terminate its payment of benefits to an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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Missouri Employers Mutual Rebrands Ahead of Privatization | 09/19/2024 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Missouri Employers Mutual announced a new brand identity, MEM, that unites the work comp carrier and its subsidiary, Previsor, under a single banner. ...Read More | |||
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Benefits Increase 3.8% Oct. 1 | 09/19/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Benefits are increasing by about 3.8% for injuries sustained on or after Oct. 1, according to information that the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation posted on its website. ...Read More | |||
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CHSWC Meets Sept. 27 | 09/18/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California’s labor-management advisory panel is scheduled to meet Sept. 27 in Oakland. Members of the Commission on Health and Safety...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Received VSSR Award Can't Pursue Intentional Tort Claim | 09/18/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s intentional tort claim against his employer for injuries from an unguarded table saw. ...Read More | |||
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Interpreters File Class Action Suit for Unpaid Wages | 09/18/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Washington Federation of State Employees and four interpreters filed a putative class action lawsuit against the Department of Labor and Industries over alleged unpaid wages for services provided to injured workers employed by self-insured businesses. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Proposes 3.8% Rate Increase | 09/18/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries is proposing a 3.8% increase in the average hourly rate employers and workers will pay for comp coverage next year. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Can't Void Employer's Policy or Proceed With Breach-of-Contract Claim | 09/18/2024 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier could not void a policy based on an employer’s misrepresentation, nor could it maintain a breach-of-contract claim against a marketing agent for failing to inform it of the misinformation. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Award for Second of Identical Injuries | 09/18/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals overturned an award of benefits to a worker who suffered identical foot injuries 11 years apart. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns PPD Award, Finds No Valid Impairment Rating | 09/18/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned an award of permanent partial disability benefits to an injured mine worker, finding that neither doctor who provided impairment ratings had performed valid evaluations. ...Read More | |||
