Workers' Compensation News
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Widow Gets Mandamus Relief on Denial of VSSR Claim | 04/02/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a widow was entitled to mandamus relief compelling the Industrial Commission to revisit her entitlement to an enhanced award of benefits for her husband’s death from inhaling nitrogen-saturated air. ...Read More | |||
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WCD Posts List of Carriers, Self-Insurers Required to Report Medical Payments | 04/02/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division posted a revised list of carriers and self-insured employers that are required to report medical bill payment data. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Limited Writ for Industrial Commission to Explain Denial of PTD Benefits | 04/01/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court granted a worker limited mandamus relief, sending his case back to the Industrial Commission to explain its finding that he was not entitled to permanent total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Expand Claim but Gets Fees for Attorney | 03/29/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the rejection of a worker’s effort to add an elbow condition to her claim but ruled that her attorney was entitled to a fee of 20% of her medical and indemnity benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Widow Proves Husband's Occupational Pneumoconiosis Contributed to His Death | 03/29/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a finding that a worker’s widow was entitled to benefits for his death because his cancer was materially related to his occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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WCRI: Poorer Recovery Noted in Injured Workers With Psychosocial Risk Factors | 03/29/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute notes that injured workers had a higher prevalence of psychosocial risk factors than those using private insurance, as well as a heightened association between the risk and outcomes. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Webinar to Cover Impact of Employee Tenure on Frequency | 03/28/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California is holding a webinar April 18 to discuss results from a study of the impact of employee tenure on claim frequency. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Benefits, Fees, Penalties for Offer of Inappropriate Job | 03/27/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to benefits, fees and penalties because her employer failed to offer her a suitable position after she twice injured her shoulder at work. ...Read More | |||
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Worker, Defendants Each Get Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claims | 03/27/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim but that the defendants were also entitled to dismissal of some of his claims. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Has No 2nd Compensable Injury or Aggravation of Preexisting Condition | 03/25/2024 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled that a worker did not meet her burden of showing that her right knee injury or her altered gait caused a second compensable injury or materially aggravated a preexisting condition. ...Read More | |||
