Workers' Compensation News
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Court Denies Interlocutory Review of Health Care Worker's Claim | 02/05/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court denied review of an interlocutory decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board. Case: Matter of Se...Read More | |||
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Civil Suit Over Worker's Fatal Car Accident Sent to Comp Board | 02/05/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a trial justice should have referred a dispute over a worker’s death in a car accident to the Workers’ Compensation Board to determine if her death was compensable. ...Read More | |||
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Andrea Coleman Assumes Role as WCIRB President, CEO | 02/04/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California announced that Andrea Coleman has assumed the role of president and chief executive officer. ...Read More | |||
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Pain Complaint Supports Compensability Finding for Repetitive Trauma Claim | 02/04/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Illinois appellate court said an injured worker's subjective complaint of pain was sufficient evidence to support a determination that her repetitive trauma claim was compensable. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Terminate TD When Worker Is Released for RTW | 02/04/2025 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana State House of Representatives passed a bill that would terminate temporary disability benefits automatically when a claimant is released to return to work. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Opens Registration for AIS 2025 | 02/04/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance opened registration for its 2025 Annual Insights Symposium being held May 12-14 at the JW Marriott Grande Lakes in Orlando, Florida. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Adopts LIBs Verification Rule | 02/04/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation adopted a new rule requiring verification of certain information about injured employees who are getting lifetime income benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Orders Further Findings on Whether Worker Has to Exhaust Settlement | 02/04/2025 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kansas Court of Appeals overturned a finding that a worker’s medical malpractice settlement had to be exhausted before he could seek additional benefits from his employer for the treatment of his back injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Establish Injury to Left Shoulder Following Injury to Right | 02/04/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker who injured his right shoulder on the job failed to establish a compensable injury to his left shoulder. ...Read More | |||
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Labor Law Defendant Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Contribution Claim | 02/04/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that a defendant in a Labor Law action was not entitled to summary judgment on a third-party defendant’s claim for contribution from it. ...Read More | |||
