Workers' Compensation News
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WCD Proposes Update to Fee Schedule Rules | 01/30/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division promulgated proposed rules to update fee schedules for 2025 and tweak requirements for managed care organizations. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Address Presumptions, Benefit Offsets and Deadlines | 01/30/2025 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Illinois lawmakers introduced bills that would bolster a first responder presumption, require the state to meet the same deadlines as private employers and disallow deducting the value of workers' compensation benefits from survivor benefits paid to police and firefighters. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Worker Gets Summary Judgment for Slip-and-Fall Accident | 01/30/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his slip-and-fall accident. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Fell From Ladder Not Entitled to Summary Judgment | 01/30/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder. Ca...Read More | |||
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Split Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over Suit Against Comp Provider | 01/30/2025 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A divided Louisiana appellate court ruled that it lacked jurisdiction over an appeal by the sole member of a corporation challenging the dismissal of his claims against his workers’ compensation insurance provider for denying coverage to an injured employee. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmakers Propose Definition of Heart Disease for Presumption | 01/29/2025 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Florida lawmakers introduced bills that appear to answer the state fire marshal's call to revise the definition of heart disease for the purpose of a law that presumes certain conditions are compensable for first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Increase Disfigurement Benefits | 01/29/2025 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Pennsylvania lawmaker introduced legislation that would increase benefits provided to workers who are seriously and permanently disfigured. ...Read More | |||
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Vehicle Owners Can Be Liable for Death Despite Exclusivity Protection | 01/29/2025 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled that the owners of a vehicle could be held vicariously liable for a worker’s death even though their deemed agent, the driver, was immune from liability under the Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Finding That Worker Suffered No Compensable Injury During Robbery | 01/29/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court overturned a finding that a worker did not suffer a compensable injury during an armed robbery of his workplace. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Injured Workers Act Applies Retroactively | 01/29/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Justice for Injured Workers Act applies retroactively to a worker allegedly injured before the law took effect. ...Read More | |||
