Workers' Compensation News
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Long COVID Presumption Proposed for Essential Government Workers | 01/23/2024 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Essential government workers in Maryland who are diagnosed with long COVID would be presumed to have a compensable occupational disease, under a bill introduced in the state Senate. ...Read More | |||
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Measure Proposes Exception to Exclusive Remedy for Abusive Workplaces | 01/23/2024 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation would not be the exclusive remedy for Wisconsin workers claiming injuries from abusive work environments, under legislation introduced in the state Senate last week. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Apply One-Year Limit on Provider Payment Disputes to All Claims | 01/23/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Virginia employers and work comp carriers would have one year to seek recovery of payments to health care providers regardless of the date payment was made, under legislation moving through the General Assembly. ...Read More | |||
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Majority of DWC Enforcement Efforts Target Insurance Companies | 01/23/2024 | |
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| Source: Steve Nichols (News Contributor) | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Insurance companies continue to be the subject of most Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation enforcement activities, according to an update provided during recent health care provider and carrier quarterly meetings. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Entitled to Additional TTD, Change in Doctors | 01/22/2024 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld an award of additional temporary total disability benefits to an injured worker, as well as an order for him to change authorized treating physicians. ...Read More | |||
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Woman Sentenced for Workers' Comp Fraud | 01/22/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas phlebotomist who claimed she could not work was sentenced to 18 months of deferred adjudication after she was convicted of double dipping. Rut...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell While Installing Sign Prevails on Labor Law Claim | 01/22/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from falling from a ladder while installing a storefront sign. ...Read More | |||
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Volunteer Firefighter Fails to Assert Viable Civil Claims From Training Accident | 01/22/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a volunteer firefighter’s tort claims arising from an accident that happened while he was preparing for a firefighting competition. ...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Nurse's Bid for Additional Benefits, Change in MMI Date | 01/22/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that an injured nurse was not entitled to additional benefits or a change in her date of maximum medical improvement. ...Read More | |||
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Corrections Officer Who Fell Asleep at Wheel Gets Benefits | 01/19/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an arbitrator’s award of benefits to a corrections officer for his injuries from crashing his patrol vehicle when he fell asleep behind the wheel while on duty. ...Read More | |||
