Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Occupational Pneumoconiosis Claim | 09/30/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s occupational pneumoconiosis claim. Case: Lewis v. Columbia ...Read More | |||
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Comp Attorney James Keefe Sr. Dies at 68 | 09/30/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Long-tenured Illinois workers’ compensation attorney James K. Keefe Sr. died at the age of 68. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Board Employee's Termination Justified | 09/30/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an arbitrator’s determination that a Workers' Compensation Board employee was properly terminated for misconduct. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Committee Passes Bill to Increase Provider Options for Federal Workers | 09/30/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee passed a bill that would authorize physician assistants and nurse practitioners to treat injured federal workers. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Proposes Rate Cuts for 2025 | 09/30/2024 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance recommended an average 6.1% cut in voluntary loss costs for Connecticut in 2025. NCCI also propo...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Promotes Tony Milano to EVP, Chief Actuary | 09/27/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California on Thursday announced the promotion of Tony Milano to executive vice president and chief actuary. ...Read More | |||
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Widow Can't Seek Remedy From Husband's Co-Worker, Tavern Operator | 09/27/2024 | |
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| State: ME | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine ruled that a widow could not pursue a civil suit against her late husband’s co-worker for throwing a punch that led to his death, nor could she sue the tavern proprietor who had furnished both men with alcohol. ...Read More | |||
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Widow of Worker With Leukemia Gets Award of Death Benefits | 09/27/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to the widow of a worker suffering from chronic myelomonocytic leukemia before contracting COVID-19 and dying. ...Read More | |||
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Railway Worker Fails to Prove Ear Injury, Hearing Loss | 09/27/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the denial of a railway worker’s claim of injury to his ear and hearing loss. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Remands Worker's PTD Claim for Fourth Time | 09/27/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals remanded a worker’s claim for permanent total disability benefits to an administrative law judge for the fourth time because of deficiencies in the causation analysis. ...Read More | |||
