Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds 1% PPD Award for Worker With Knee Injury | 09/19/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 1% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s knee injury. Case:...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
