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Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Subjected to Sanctions for Improper Termination of Benefits | 08/28/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 105 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 48 min read | |||
| The Commonwealth Court ruled that an out-of-state employer was subject to penalties for improperly terminating payment of benefits to an injured employee after a judge found Pennsylvania had jurisdiction over the worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Has 30 Days From Receiving Final UR Decision to Request Reopening of Claim | 08/23/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 111 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 30 min read | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that an employer has 30 days after receiving a final utilization review decision to file a request to reopen a worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
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Employer That Denied Claim Without Basic Investigation Owes Bad-Faith Penalties | 08/20/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 181 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 11 min read | |||
| An employer that failed to conduct even a basic investigation into a workers' claim before closing the case is liable for administrative penalties under Industrial Commission regulations that prohibit unfair claims practices. ...Read More | |||
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Electric Shock Injury Didn't Cause Total Loss of Use of Hands | 08/17/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 119 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 7 min read | |||
| The Commonwealth Court ruled that a lineman who sustained severe electric shock injuries to both hands had not suffered the complete loss of use of either hand. ...Read More | |||
| Employers Seek to Certify Class in Applied Underwriters Lawsuit | 08/14/2018 | ||
| By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 629 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 68 min read | |||
| A group of small and mid-sized California businesses who say they fell victim to a sophisticated insurance scam involving the EquityComp and SolutionOne programs are asking a federal judge to certify their class in an unfair competition complaint. ...Read More | |||
| Employer May Adjust Benefits To Worker Who Rejected Modified Work | 08/14/2018 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: EAST | 124 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 10 min read | |||
| 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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Employer Rebutted Presumption of 100% Industrial Loss | 08/09/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 105 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 3 min read | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that an employer successfully rebutted the presumption that a worker who was unable to return to his old job had suffered a 100% industrial loss of use of his injured arm. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Must Pay Promissory Note for Unpaid EquityComp Premiums | 08/08/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NE | Segment: Top | 180 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 83 min read | |||
| A federal trail court judge last week ruled that a New Jersey staffing company has to cough up $166,202.65 in past-due workers’ compensation premiums to Applied Underwriters Inc. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Didn't Discriminate Against Worker by Firing Her for Refusing to Complete Assignment | 08/08/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 120 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 27 min read | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that an employer did not discriminate or retaliate against an injured meter reader by firing her for refusing to complete her assigned route. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Can't Use Agreement With Worker to Avoid Process for Resolving Fee Disputes | 08/08/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 110 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 18 min read | |||
| The Commonwealth Court ruled that an employer cannot avoid the procedures for challenging a provider’s invoice by entering an agreement that purports to relieve the employer of liability. ...Read More | |||
