Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Fails to Prove Entitlement to Additional Benefits
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07/07/2020
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State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 102 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 56 min read
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The Mississippi Court of Appeals ruled that a worker is not entitled to the permanent disability benefits and additional medical treatment he had requested, and that he was properly barred from depositing his treating doctor.
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High Court Clarifies Availability of Apportionment, Loss of Earning Power
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07/07/2020
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State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 107 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 19 min read
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The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that apportionment is not available for claims occurring after Dec. 1, 1997, and that a worker cannot recover independent awards for successive whole body injuries when the subsequent injury is to a separate body part but does not result in a further loss of ...Read More
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Dems Want COVID Presumption for Federal Wildfire Workers
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07/07/2020
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 172 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 15 min read
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Three U.S. senators, all Democrats, have introduced legislation that would create a presumption that federal wildfire workers who contract COVID-19 during fire season do so in the line of duty.
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DIR Inspections Find Variations in Compliance With Mask Requirement
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07/07/2020
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State: NV | Segment: WEST | 104 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 77 min read
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The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations said its inspectors are finding significant variation in compliance with the requirement that businesses ensure all customers are using face coverings to try to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.
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DWS to Start Issuing Work Comp Premium Credits
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07/07/2020
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State: WY | Segment: WEST | 114 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 9 min read
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The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services said it will start issuing workers’ compensation premium credits this month.
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Layoffs Not Reason to Discontinue Benefits, Department Says
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07/07/2020
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State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 193 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 30 min read
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The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry is reminding employers, insurers and claims administrators that a layoff due to the COVID-19 pandemic is not a reason to discontinue workers' compensation benefits.
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Worker Pleads Guilty to Accepting $32,000 in Benefits
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07/07/2020
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State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 1261 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 6 min read
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A commuter rail worker in Coon Rapids who injured his back in 2009 has been sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to workers' compensation and insurance fraud.
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QME Reps Say DWC Ignored Agreements Between Payers, Providers​ for Med-Legal Fee Schedule
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07/06/2020
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By: Mark Powell (Reporter)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 1048 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 52 min read
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The president of the California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery and dozens of qualified medical evaluators have accused the Division of Workers' Compensation of breaking multiple agreements struck during recent meetings between insurance payers and health care providers intended to...Read More
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