Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Nix Experience Rating Requirement From Contracts | 01/09/2024 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Indiana government agencies would be precluded from specifying minimum experience ratings when soliciting bids or entering into contracts, under legislation introduced Monday. ...Read More | |||
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PEO Coverage Bill Back Before Lawmakers | 01/09/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Florida state senator is taking another run at legislation that would require employee leasing companies to provide comp coverage for all of a client’s workers if the client company does not have coverage itself. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Create, Modify Presumptions | 01/09/2024 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Bills introduced Monday before the legislative session starting Jan. 16 would create a new presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is compensable for first responders in Alaska and would modify qualifying criteria for a current firefighter presumption. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Wrongful Death Suit, Says Judge Erred in Barring Expert Witness Opinions | 01/08/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court revived a son’s wrongful death lawsuit against the railway for which his father had worked for more than 40 years, finding the trial judge erred in excluding the testimony of the son’s expert witnesses. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Holding QME Exam in April | 01/08/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation is holding its next qualified medical evaluator exam in April. The DWC ...Read More | |||
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DWC Posts Adjustments to Pathology and Lab Section of OMFS | 01/08/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order adjusting the pathology and clinical laboratory section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to incorporate changes in the Medicare payment system. ...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Alleged Concrete Hose Mishap | 01/08/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for alleged injuries from pulling a concrete hose. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Create Presumption That Infertility Is Compensable for Firefighters | 01/08/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Virginia firefighters who are unable to have a child after trying for a year would be presumed to have become infertile in the course and scope of their employment under a bill filed in advance of the session starting Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Municipal Worker Can't Maintain Suit Against Employer or Staffing Agency | 01/08/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the dismissal of a municipal employee’s suit against a temporary staffing agency hired by her employer and tossed her claims against the municipal employer as well. ...Read More | |||
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No Total Industrial Disability Rating for 9/11 Clean-Up Worker | 01/08/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker who participated in the World Trade Center terrorist attack clean-up efforts was not entitled to be classified as having a total industrial disability. ...Read More | |||
