Workers' Compensation News
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CWCI Opens Registration for 61st Annual Meeting | 01/14/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers' Compensation Institute opened registration for its 61st annual meeting being held April 3 in Sacramento. CWCI...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Proposes Tightening Causation Standards, Lowering Benefits | 01/14/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Republican lawmaker introduced bills that would tighten Illinois' causation standards, reduce certain schedule loss of use awards to what they were two decades ago and require reducing work comp benefits owed to those who have suffered a subsequent injury. ...Read More | |||
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One Call Names Nicholas Mendez Chief Executive Officer | 01/14/2025 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| One Call Care Management on Monday named Nicholas Mendez as its next chief executive officer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Affirms Judge's Decision to Withhold Evidence of Comp Payments | 01/14/2025 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama Supreme Court upheld a $1.35 million verdict for an injured worker, finding that the evidence that his employer’s insurance carrier paid his medical bills was properly withheld from the jury. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Rule on Calculating AWW for Concurrently Employed Workers | 01/14/2025 | |
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| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Vermont Supreme Court upheld the validity of an administrative rule that excludes the wages a worker earned from a second job from the calculation of his average weekly wage if he is no longer working at that job when he becomes disabled. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Who Quit New Job After 4 Days Gets Benefits Reinstated | 01/14/2025 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The District of Columbia’s highest court upheld an order to reinstate a worker’s benefits and vocational rehabilitation services when he quit his newfound employment after four days. ...Read More | |||
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Election of Remedies Defeats Worker's Civil Suit Over Finger Amputation | 01/14/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s civil suit against his employer for the traumatic amputation of his finger in a conveyor belt accident. ...Read More | |||
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DWC: 14 Fewer Fatal Injuries in 2023 | 01/14/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation said the state had 564 fatal occupational injuries in 2023, 14 fewer than in 2022. The incident r...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Decision Compelling Arbitration, Dismissing FEHA Claim | 01/13/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appeals court upheld a trial court's determination that a worker was required to arbitrate her claims for false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and discrimination under the Fair Employment and Housing Act. ...Read More | |||
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Cal/OSHA Urges Employers to Protect Workers From Unhealthy Air | 01/13/2025 | |
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| The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health reminds employers of their duty to protect workers from unhealthy air due to wildfire smoke, as several fires are negatively impacting air quality throughout Los Angeles County. ...Read More | |||
