Workers' Compensation News
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WCC Announces Move Into Next Phase of Legacy Modernization Program | 02/21/2024 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission announced the move into the next phase of its legacy modernization program that makes new eFile and ePay enhancements available for external stakeholders. ...Read More | |||
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ATF Medical Promotes Grace Carter to SVP of Finance and Operations | 02/21/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| ATF Medical on Tuesday announced the promotion of Grace Carter to senior vice president of finance and operations. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Revives Worker's Labor Law Claim | 02/21/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law action arising from an injury that happened while he was helping unload equipment from a vehicle. ...Read More | |||
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Widow's Ex Parte Communication With Doctor Doesn't Preclude Death Benefits | 02/21/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld an award of death benefits to the widow of a worker who collapsed and died at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
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Worker, Defendant Each Get Partial Summary Judgment in Labor Law Action | 02/21/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker should have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim and that one of the defendants should have been granted summary judgment dismissing the claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award to Receiver From Proceeds of Property Sale | 02/20/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld an award of fees to the receiver appointed to manage and preserve the assets of a convicted workers’ compensation fraudster. ...Read More | |||
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Bureau Posts Online Assigned Risk System Update | 02/20/2024 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New Jersey's Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau has posted OAR 2.0, its newly upgraded Online Assigned Risk System, and will be available beginning Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Driver Has No Further Causally Related Disability From Accident | 02/20/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that the driver of a black car had no further causally related disability from a 2017 accident. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Worker Shouldn't Have Been Denied Referral to Pulmonologist | 02/20/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an injured worker was wrongfully denied a referral to a pulmonologist for the explicit purpose of clearing him for the pre-approved surgery on his back. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Fails to Prove It Lacked Timely Notice of Worker's Injury | 02/20/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals rejected an employer’s claim that it had not received timely notice of an employee’s work-related injury. ...Read More | |||
