Workers' Compensation News
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Repeatedly Jailed Worker Gets New AWW Calculation, Penalties | 03/28/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an injured worker’s average weekly wages had been miscalculated and that he was entitled to penalties for his employer’s failure to reinstate his benefits after his periods of incarceration. ...Read More | |||
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Chesapeake Announces $50M Dividend | 03/28/2024 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Chesapeake Employers Insurance Co. announced a $50 million dividend for policyholders with a loss ratio below 40.3% in policy year 2022. The ca...Read More | |||
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CompWest Appoints Kristi Houston to Vice Presidential Team | 03/28/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| CompWest Insurance Co. appointed Kristi Houston as vice president of business development and operations. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill Shifting Oversight of Self-Insurance Fund | 03/28/2024 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kansas House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill that would transfer oversight of the state workers’ compensation self-insurance fund from the Department of Administration to the Insurance Department. ...Read More | |||
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Fraudulent Claim Leads to Conviction of Worker, Employer | 03/28/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Iowa employer pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact as an employee continued working for him while receiving workers’ compensation benefits, the Iowa Division of Insurance announced. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding That Injured Police Officer Had Not Involuntarily Retired | 03/28/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that an injured police officer had not involuntarily retired from duty. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Dismisses Widow's Challenge to Evidence Order | 03/28/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court dismissed a widow’s challenge to an order from the Workers’ Compensation Board directing her to produce evidence of the asbestos-related lawsuits her husband had settled before his death. ...Read More | |||
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Toll Collector Not Entitled to Expand Scope of Claim, Get Additional Benefits | 03/28/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a toll collector was not entitled to add conditions to her claim for a shoulder injury and that she was not entitled to additional treatment or benefits. ...Read More | |||
| DWC Posts 2nd Quarter Adjustments to OMFS | 03/27/2024 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order updating the physician and nonphysician practitioner section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule to incorporate changes made by Medicare. The division said the order adopts several changes the Centers for Medicare and...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Benefits, Fees, Penalties for Offer of Inappropriate Job | 03/27/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to benefits, fees and penalties because her employer failed to offer her a suitable position after she twice injured her shoulder at work. ...Read More | |||
