Workers' Compensation News
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Firefighters, Attorneys Say Cities Find Ways To Fight Presumption
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08/14/2018
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By: William Rabb (Reporter)
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State: TX | Segment: Top | 154 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 38 min read
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Texas firefighters and their attorneys are hoping the Legislature will close some gaps in the state's cancer presumption law that they say have made it easier for cities to avoid paying benefits.
Several Texas attorneys and firefighters’ union leaders allege a systemat...Read More
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Court Upholds Award to Worker Injured in Assault by Colleague
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08/14/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: KS | Segment: CENTRAL | 102 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 18 min read
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The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that a heavy equipment operator was entitled to benefits for his injuries from an assault by a coworker.
Case: Billington v. Midwest Minerals, No. 118,503, 08/10/2018, unpublished.
Facts and Procedural History: Matthew Billington worked as a heavy...Read More
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Court Finds Injured Worker Suffered No Adverse Employment Action
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08/14/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: MI | Segment: CENTRAL | 60 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 20 min read
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A federal appellate court ruled that an injured worker failed to establish he was subjected to an adverse employment action on the basis of a disability since the record evidence did not support his claim that he was fired when he requested medical leave.
Case: Brown v. Square Deal Buildi...Read More
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Employer May Adjust Benefits To Worker Who Rejected Modified Work
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08/14/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: PA | Segment: EAST | 72 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 10 min read
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an employer was entitled to a modification of its payment of benefits to a worker who had rejected its offers of modified work, and that the worker was not entitled to expand the scope of his claim to include additional conditions.
Case: P...Read More
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Court Reinstates PTD Award for Emergency Medical Technician
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08/14/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: KY | Segment: EAST | 57 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read
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The Kentucky Court of Appeals reinstated an award of permanent total disability benefits to an injured emergency medical technician for a cervical condition despite the parties' stipulation to a pre-existing shoulder injury.
Case: Mullins v. Rural Metro Corp., Nos. 2016-CA-001152...Read More
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Proposed Rules Address Opioid Prescribing, Wage Calculation
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08/14/2018
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State: VT | Segment: EAST | 93 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 47 min read
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The Vermont Department of Labor is proposing several rule amendments, including a requirement that medical providers who prescribe opioids to injured workers to comply with state protocols.
The proposed change to 11.1400 and 12.1730 rule would require medical providers who ...Read More
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MEMIC Hires Two Safety Management Consultants
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08/14/2018
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State: PA | Segment: EAST | 57 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 54 min read
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The MEMIC Group has hired two safety management consultants, Susan Diffenderfer and Thomas Brennan, to serve the company’s Pennsylvania and New Jersey markets.
Diffenderfer, of of Juniata County, Pennsylvania, is a licensed physical therapist with nearly 30 years of experience in in...Read More
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Webinar to Cover Technical Requirements for EDI 3.1, Aug. 21
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08/14/2018
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State: IN | Segment: CENTRAL | 60 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 1 min read
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The Indiana Workers' Compensation Board will host a training webinar on Tuesday, Aug. 21 on the new 3.1 electronic data interchange standard for first reports and subsequent reports of injury.
The webinar will help trading partners understand the extensive new technical requireme...Read More
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Virgin Islands' Workers' Comp $12 Million Behind on Medical Bills
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08/14/2018
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State: NA | Segment: SOUTH | 111 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 43 min read
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Budget cuts and staffing shortfalls have left the Virgin Islands Department of Labor owing more than $12 million to workers' compensation medical providers, department officials told legislative panel this week.
Even if the department had more staff, it still does not have the money t...Read More
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CGL Carrier Can't Intervene in Paraplegic Worker's Tort Suit
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08/14/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 91 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 7 min read
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Florida’s 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled that a trial judge properly barred a general liability insurance carrier from intervening in a tort suit against its policyholder by a worker who was paralyzed after a fall from the roof of a commercial building.
Case: Houston Specia...Read More
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