Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Supreme Court to Address Calculation of Compensation Rate for Specific Loss Injuries | 02/16/2024 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will weigh in on whether to disturb four decades of precedent and award more benefits to a worker who lost part of her arm in an industrial accident. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Seeks Comments on Rule Changes for Accident Prevention Services | 02/16/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is accepting public comments on a proposed amendment to 28 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 166 concerning certain submission requirements for insurers about their accident prevention services. ...Read More | |||
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No TTD for Injured Butcher Who Failed to Demonstrate Labor Market Attachment | 02/16/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a denial of temporary total disability benefits to an injured butcher, as well as a finding that he did not demonstrate an attachment to the labor market after his injury. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of VSSR Award | 02/16/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to an enhanced award of benefits for his injuries from being struck by a car because the accident did not occur in a “workshop.” ...Read More | |||
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Waiver of Liability Doesn't Bar Cop From Suing Over Training Injury | 02/16/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a police officer injured during firearms training could pursue her negligence claims against the state despite having signed a waiver of liability. ...Read More | |||
