Workers' Compensation News
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House Calls for 60-Day Written Notice on Policy Cancellations | 02/05/2021 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Workers' compensation insurers will be barred from canceling policies without giving adequate notice to regulators and employers if a bill approved this week by the South Carolina House of Representatives becomes law. ...Read More | |||
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House Votes to Make Comp Commission a Special-Fund Agency Again | 02/05/2021 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Mississippi House of Representatives on Wednesday endorsed two bills that would once again make the state Workers' Compensation Commission a special-fund agency, mostly outside the reach of lawmakers who may be tempted to raid its reserves. ...Read More | |||
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High Court to Review Decision Holding Exclusive Remedy Doesn't Bar Privacy Act Claim | 02/02/2021 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Supreme Court granted leave for Symphony Bronzeville Park to appeal an appellate court decision holding that the exclusive remedy of workers’ compensation did not prohibit a worker from pursuing a lawsuit for alleged violations of the Biometric Information Privacy Act. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Denies Benefits to Server With Possible Meniscal Tear | 01/22/2021 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a restaurant server was not entitled to benefits for a possible meniscal tear following an on-the-job fall. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill Extending Deadline for Mental Health Group Report | 01/21/2021 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Utah House of Representatives unanimously approved a measure that would extend until 2025 the deadline for the final report from a task force charged with studying the compensability of mental health claims for first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Hospital Employee Gets Benefits for Assault Injuries | 01/15/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a hospital employee who was assaulted as she left work is entitled to benefits. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Homeowners Get Dismissal of Labor Law Claim by Worker Who Fell From Ladder | 01/13/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court tossed a worker’s Labor Law and negligence claims against a pair of homeowners for his injuries from a fall while using a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Designation of New Treating Doctor but Won't Order Review of Drug Regimen | 01/12/2021 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld the designation of a new doctor to provide treatment to a worker who had moved out of state, but it declined to order review of the opioid treatment regimen the doctor had prescribed. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Reverses Appeals Court, Finds Move to AMA 6th Edition Constitutional | 01/11/2021 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday said a provision in a 2013 reform measure that required the use of the 6th edition of the American Medical Associations’ Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment was not unconstitutional, as an appellate court ruled in 2018. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Denies Injured Coal Miner Additional Vocational Services | 12/22/2020 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a coal miner was not entitled to additional vocational rehabilitation services despite his inability to find a new job using his computer training certificate. ...Read More | |||
