Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Lacks Standing to Bring Constitutional Challenge to Lost-Wage Statute | 07/06/2023 | |
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| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Vermont Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker lacked standing to challenge the constitutionality of a state statute that shifts the burden for wage-loss payments from a former employer to a current employer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Order for Worker to Reduce Opioid Use | 07/06/2023 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court upheld an administrative ruling ordering a worker to reduce his use of opioid medication. Case: Huns...Read More | |||
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Shawn Crosby Confirmed as Chief Operating Officer of BWC | 07/06/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Senate unanimously confirmed Shawn Crosby as chief operating officer of the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Orders Partial Publication of Retaliation, Emotional Distress Decision | 07/05/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court last week ordered partial publication of its determination that an elected city official’s claims for retaliation and intentional infliction of emotional distress should have been subjected to the defendants’ special motion to strike. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Orders Review of City's Entitlement to Reduce Judgment | 07/05/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that a trial court needed to revisit its determination that a city was not entitled to reduce a judgment against it to account for the workers’ compensation benefits a plaintiff had received. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Finds Worker Not Entitled to Reopen Claim | 07/05/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an injured loader operator was not entitled to the reopening of his claim for further permanent partial disability from a neck injury. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding That Rehab Coordinator Was Not PTD | 07/05/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court dismissed a rehabilitation program coordinator’s challenge to a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Board finding she was not permanently and totally disabled from her injuries from being attacked by a patient. ...Read More | |||
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BWC Transitional Work Program Increases Grants for Employers | 07/05/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation last week announced that it is increasing grants employers can use to get injured workers back to work as quickly as possible. ...Read More | |||
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Stakeholders Question Low WC Network Participation | 07/03/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| By Steve Nichols, News Contributor Data from the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation showing better outcomes when claims are treated in networks has prompted some observers to question why market penetration is not greater. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Department Can't Rule on Constitutional Challenges to Comp Rates | 07/03/2023 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld a decision by the state Insurance Department to refrain from addressing an employer’s constitutional challenges to the regulatory framework for calculating workers' compensation rates. ...Read More | |||
