Workers' Compensation News
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Officer Can't Claim Coverage Under Public Safety Employee Benefits Act for Training Injury | 03/19/2019 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 118 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 2 min read | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court last week ruled that a police officer who suffered a career-ending injury during a training exercise was not entitled to coverage under the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Liable for Fees, Penalties for Miscalculation of Worker's TTD Rate | 03/19/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 77 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 6 min read | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld an assessment of fees and penalties against a workers’ compensation insurance carrier for miscalculating a worker’s temporary total disability rate. ...Read More | |||
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Worker With Hearing Loss Waited Too Long to File Claim Against 2nd Injury Fund | 03/19/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 82 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 472 min read | |||
| A Missouri appellate court ruled that a worker waited too long to file her claim against the state Second Injury Fund for her industrial hearing loss. Case: Naeter v. Treasurer, No. ED106949, 03/12/2019, published. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Dispute Over CGL Carrier's Obligation to Cover Tort Claim | 03/19/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 66 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 7 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court revived a coverage dispute involving a general liability insurance carrier’s obligation to provide an indemnity and defense to the defendants in a tort suit filed by a construction worker. ...Read More | |||
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General Contractor Gets Summary Judgment on Worker's Claims for Fall | 03/19/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 51 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 20 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law and negligence claims against a general contractor, finding it was not responsible for the alleged dangerous condition that led to his fall. ...Read More | |||
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Ohio AG Files Suit Against OptumRX Over BWC Drug Prices | 03/19/2019 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 81 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 36 min read | |||
| One month after he demanded that OptumRx, one of the nation's largest pharmacy benefit managers, refund more than $15 million to the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, the state attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the company. ...Read More | |||
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Cari Lee Stepping Down From Post at OCI | 03/19/2019 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 95 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 37 min read | |||
| The Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance has announced the resignation of Cari Lee, division administrator of regulation and enforcement. ...Read More | |||
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United Heartland Adds Three States and D.C. | 03/19/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 82 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 87 min read | |||
| United Heartland is now offering workers’ compensation insurance in three additional states — Pennsylvania, Maryland and Louisiana — as well as the District of Columbia. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Votes to Send PTSD Presumption to Governor | 03/19/2019 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 70 | 0 | Popular with Employer | 42 min read | |||
| Post-traumatic stress disorder would be presumed compensable for New Mexico firefighters, under a bill heading to the governor’s desk. ...Read More | |||
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Dan Cotuno Joins Alliant as VP in Houston Office | 03/19/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 73 | 0 | Popular with Employer | 2 min read | |||
| Houston-based benefits consultant Dan Cotuno has joined Alliant as vice president within the company’s employee benefits group. Cotuno will p...Read More | |||
