Workers' Compensation News
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Matt West Named WCD Administrator | 02/12/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services on Tuesday announced that Matt West was appointed administrator of the Workers’ Compensation Division, effective immediately. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Information Institute Says Underwriting Profitability Remains Strong | 02/12/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Insurance Information Institute on Tuesday said the national workers' compensation industry continued its strong trend of underwriting profitability in 2023. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Clarify Home Health Service Employment Relationship | 02/12/2025 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Utah state House of Representatives passed a bill that would limit situations in which an entity could be designated as the employer of a person providing home health services. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds TTD Award for Worker's Wrist Injury | 02/12/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a worker for his wrist injury. Ca...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Determination of Worker's SLU for Shoulder | 02/12/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned the Workers’ Compensation Board’s finding as to a worker’s schedule loss of use from a shoulder injury. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Firefighter With PTSD | 02/12/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the denial of a firefighter’s claim for benefits for his diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposal Would Exempt Contractors Without Employees, Prior Violations From Comp Mandate | 02/11/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California lawmaker introduced legislation that would allow contractors without employees and those that haven't previously been cited to operate without obtaining workers' compensation coverage. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Declines Review in Challenge to SIB Rules | 02/11/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Supreme Court denied two petitions to review allegations that the Division of Workers' Compensation is improperly awarding supplemental income benefits to some injured workers who didn't provide proof they've been looking for jobs. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Fees for Attorney's Work Securing Award | 02/11/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to fees for her attorney’s efforts to secure her an award of penalties for a late payment of her workers’ compensation settlement. ...Read More | |||
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Defendants in Civil Suit Get Summary Judgment | 02/11/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a personal injury action were shielded by workers’ compensation exclusivity and that they should have been granted summary judgment dismissing the claims against them. ...Read More | |||
