Workers' Compensation News
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Contractor Pleads Guilty to Underreporting Payroll | 04/15/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A contractor who pleaded guilty to underreporting payroll by nearly $1 million from 2010 to 2019 was placed on probation and ordered to pay $729,624 in restitution, the California Department of Insurance announced. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Repeatedly Failed to Appear at Hearings Can't Get Claim Reinstated | 04/15/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld the denial of a worker’s third motion to reinstate her claim after it was dismissed following her failure to appear or have her attorney appear before an arbitrator. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Send Schedule Rating Bill to Governor | 04/15/2024 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Nebraska lawmakers sent to the governor a bill that would revise the schedule of compensation for loss or loss of use of more than one specific body part. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Award of Penalties; Employer Gets No Additional Subrogation Credit | 04/15/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award of penalties for an injured worker and ruled that her employer was not entitled to additional subrogation credit. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Add New Defendant to Labor Law Complaint | 04/15/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to amend his Labor Law complaint to add a new defendant and that the named defendant was entitled to summary judgment dismissing his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Adult Children of Fatally Injured Worker Aren't Constitutionally Guaranteed Remedy for Loss | 04/15/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a civil suit against a fatally injured worker’s employer, ruling that the state Constitution does not guarantee a remedy for the worker’s adult children for the loss of their mother’s companionship. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Increase Benefits | 04/15/2024 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado House of Representatives passed a bill that would increase the aggregate limits on temporary and permanent disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes TD Expansion, Ag Worker Protection Bills | 04/12/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Members of a California Senate committee passed bills that would in some instances make temporary disability benefits available after an injury becomes permanent and stationary and create a presumption that heat-related injuries are compensable for agricultural workers under certain circumstances...Read More | |||
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Worker Waits Too Long to Sue Over Alleged Chemical Exposure Injuries | 04/12/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s civil suit against his former employer for alleged chemical exposure injuries as time-barred. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Committee to Discuss Rate Filing Wednesday | 04/12/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Governing Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California will discuss the upcoming advisory pure premium rate recommendation when it meets Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
