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Bill Proposal Would Exempt Contractors Without Employees, Prior Violations From Comp Mandate 02/11/2025
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
A California lawmaker introduced legislation that would allow contractors without employees and those that haven't previously been cited to operate without obtaining workers' compensation coverage. ...Read More
 
 

High Court Declines Review in Challenge to SIB Rules 02/11/2025
State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
The Texas Supreme Court denied two petitions to review allegations that the Division of Workers' Compensation is improperly awarding supplemental income benefits to some injured workers who didn't provide proof they've been looking for jobs. ...Read More
 
 

Worker Not Entitled to Fees for Attorney's Work Securing Award 02/11/2025
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to fees for her attorney’s efforts to secure her an award of penalties for a late payment of her workers’ compensation settlement. ...Read More
 
 

Defendants in Civil Suit Get Summary Judgment 02/11/2025
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a personal injury action were shielded by workers’ compensation exclusivity and that they should have been granted summary judgment dismissing the claims against them. ...Read More
 
 

Court Accepts Worker's Claim as Timely Because Employer Caused Filing Delay 02/11/2025
State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker’s claim was timely because her delay in filing was caused by the actions of her employer. ...Read More
 
 

Senate Passes Cleanup Bill to Rename Work Comp Commission 02/11/2025
State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Mississippi Senate unanimously passed a bill to correct an errant statutory reference to the agency that administers the state's workers' compensation system. ...Read More
 
 

Increase in Worker's Impairment After Hardware Removal Doesn't Warrant PTD Award 02/11/2025
State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0
The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that a worker who suffered a 1% increase in impairment after the removal of hardware from her back did not prove a permanent total disability. ...Read More
 
 

Cannabis Not Recommended Under Proposed Guidelines 02/10/2025
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
Cannabis would not be recommended for pain management under treatment guidelines that the California Division of Workers' Compensation proposed incorporating into the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule on Friday. ...Read More
 
 
WCIRB Governing Committee to Discuss Regulatory Filing Wednesday 02/10/2025
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California Governing Committee is meeting Wednesday to discuss its annual regulatory filing. The committee is slated to review and approve the Sept. 1 regulatory filing, which would be submitted to the Department of Insurance by t...Read More
 
 

Trial Court Errs in Excluding $300,000 From Carrier's Lien Recovery 02/10/2025
State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
A Florida appellate court on Friday overturned a decision by a trial court that limited a carrier's lien recovery to benefits paid through the date of the injured worker's third-party settlement, excluding more than $300,000 the carrier paid after the settlement was finalized. ...Read More
 
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