Workers' Compensation News
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ICW Group Names Paul Zamora Chief Underwriting Officer | 03/15/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| ICW Group Insurance Cos. on Thursday announced the promotion of Paul Zamora to chief underwriting officer. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for University Employee Who Fell During Overnight Stay on Campus | 03/15/2024 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits to a university employee for his injuries from a fall that occurred during an overnight stay on campus due to inclement weather. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Hearing Loss Rating Bill | 03/15/2024 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Maryland House of Delegates on Thursday unanimously passed a bill modifying how hearing loss must be calculated for workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds PPD Award for Firefighter With Shoulder Injury | 03/15/2024 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent partial disability benefits for a firefighter’s shoulder injury. Cas...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment on Labor Law, Indemnification Claims | 03/15/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment to the defendants in a Labor Law action and on their third-party claim against the injured worker’s employer. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Advisory Committee Measure, Fee Schedule Resolution | 03/15/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a bill removing a location requirement for appointments to a workers’ compensation advisory committee and passed a resolution that would approve changes to the medical fee schedule. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Denies Benefits for Traveling Employee | 03/14/2024 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A narrowly divided Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that a traveling employee was not entitled to benefits for his alleged injuries from a car accident that happened while returning to a job site after an unauthorized midweek trip home. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Requiring Exposure Testing for Air Ambulance Workers | 03/14/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Wednesday enacted a bill requiring the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and self-insured public employers to pay for services used to determine whether certain air ambulance workers sustained an injury following exposure to blood or bodily fluids. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Falling Brick Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 03/14/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker struck by a falling brick was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. Case: ...Read More | |||
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TDI Adopts Revisions to Classification System | 03/14/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance on Wednesday announced that it has adopted changes to its rules that replace state-specific phrases with multistate classifications used by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. ...Read More | |||
