Workers' Compensation News
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Court: Judge Didn't Abuse Discretion in Declining to Set Aside Notice of Compensation Payable | 04/11/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a workers’ compensation judge did not abuse her discretion in declining to set aside an employer’s notice of compensation payable for a firefighter’s cancer, even though she found the notice had been issued by mistake. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Impaled by Metal Tongs Gets Permanent Total Disability Benefits | 04/11/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld a finding that an injured worker's condition had deteriorated to the point of permanent and total disablement. ...Read More | |||
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L&I Fines Storage Tank Company $166,423 for Explosions | 04/11/2025 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries fined a storage tank sales and servicing company $166,423 for ignoring workplace safety rules and causing two explosions at the same worksite on the same day. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Allowing Employers to Post Notices Online Heads to Governor | 04/11/2025 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A bill that would allow Ohio employers to post certain workplace notices on their company websites is heading to the governor. Employers in Ohio ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Bills to Increase PPD, Create Hospital Worker Presumption | 04/10/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California Senate committee on Wednesday passed bills that would require annual cost-of-living adjustments in permanent partial disability benefits and create a presumption that certain types of injuries and diseases are compensable for hospital workers. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB Accepting Applications for 3 Judicial Positions | 04/10/2025 | |
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| The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board posted a notice to the state job website soliciting applications to fill three workers’ compensation judge positions in San Francisco, Van Nuys and Sacramento. ...Read More | |||
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Eligible IMR Applications Increase in 2024; UR Uphold Rate Drops to 87.3% | 04/10/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The number of eligible applications for independent medical review increased to 148,106 in 2024 from 133,093 in 2023, and the proportion of decisions affirming the underlying utilization review determination fell to an all-time low of 87.3%, according to a new report by the California Divisi...Read More | |||
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Volunteer Firefighter Gets Benefits for Throat Cancer | 04/10/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a finding that a volunteer firefighter was entitled to benefits for his cancer. Ca...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Billing Statute, Finds Carrier Not Liable for Bills | 04/10/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals rejected a constitutional challenge to a statute governing billing for medical treatment and found that a carrier was not liable for payment of a provider’s bills that had not been properly submitted. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Entitled to Additional Imaging, Physician Evaluation | 04/10/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that an injured worker was entitled to additional imaging studies and an evaluation by another doctor. ...Read More | |||
