Workers' Compensation News
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Ironworker's Labor Law Claim for Trash Bin Mishap Partially Reinstated | 07/09/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 108 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived an injured ironworker’s Labor Law claim for injuries he allegedly sustained when a trash bin fell on his foot. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Defendant's Challenge to Restitution Order | 07/09/2020 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 95 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 10 min read | |||
| The Kansas Court of Appeals rejected a criminal defendant’s constitutional challenges to an order requiring him to pay restitution to a workers’ compensation insurance carrier. ...Read More | |||
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Second Injury Fund Has Liability for PTD Worker's Asymptomatic Pre-Existing Conditions | 07/09/2020 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 140 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 201 min read | |||
| A Missouri appellate court upheld an award of benefits from the state Second Injury Fund for a permanently and totally disabled worker’s pre-existing but asymptomatic conditions. ...Read More | |||
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Recession, Unemployment Will Cut Written Premium Sharply, Moody's Says | 07/09/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 335 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 20 min read | |||
| The coronavirus recession will likely have a much bigger impact on employment and on workers' compensation written premium than did the Great Recession of 2009, Moody's Investors Service said in a research ...Read More | |||
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Labor, Minority Groups Want Action on Presumption Bills | 07/09/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NORTH | 517 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 24 min read | |||
| Worker and minority advocates in two Northeast states hit hard by the pandemic are calling for action on presumption bills for essential workers. ...Read More | |||
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Self-Insurers' Security Fund Approves $6.5 Billion for 2020-21 Alternative Program | 07/08/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 370 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 60 min read | |||
| The board of trustees for the California Self-Insurers' Security Fund has approved the 2020-21 Alternative Secur...Read More | |||
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Workers' Comp Data: 7 of 10 COVID Claims in State Approved​ | 07/08/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: OR | Segment: Top | 238 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 31 min read | |||
| About 71% of Oregon’s workers’ compensation claims for exposure to COVID-19 have been approved, according to numbers provided by the state Workers’ Compensation Division and Northwest Workers’ Justice Project. ...Read More | |||
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NYCIRB Report Suggests COVID Claims Could Be Fewer Than Once Feared | 07/08/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 386 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 74 min read | |||
| COVID-19 workers' compensation cases through mid-June could result in hundreds of claims that will cost New York insurers more than $75 million in hospitalization expenses, according to research from the state's rating board. ...Read More | |||
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Deputy Sheriff Denied Benefits for PTSD Allegedly Caused by Internal Investigation | 07/08/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 107 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 42 min read | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a deputy sheriff’s claim for benefits for an alleged psychological injury from the stress of being subjected to an internal affairs investigation. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Proposes Rules to Adopt COVID-19 Procedure Codes | 07/08/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 120 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 42 min read | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division proposed temporary regulations to allow the use of new COVID-19 procedure codes while it goes through the formal process of adopting the codes through permanent rules. ...Read More | |||
