Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Timely Files Claim for TTD | 01/18/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s claim for temporary total disability benefits based on a change in condition was timely filed within 24 months from the last date compensation was paid to her. ...Read More | |||
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Pediatrician Waits Too Long to File Occupational Disease Claim | 01/17/2024 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Maryland Appellate Court ruled that a pediatrician waited too long to file her occupational disease claim. Dr. Stacy...Read More | |||
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Carriers' Dispute Revived Over Coverage for Fatal Accident | 01/17/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court revived a coverage dispute between two insurance carriers for a worker’s death at a Texas construction site. C...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Constitutional Challenges to Revised IRE Process | 01/17/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected a worker’s constitutional challenges to the state's revised impairment rating evaluation procedures. ...Read More | |||
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Majority of Providers Dubbed High-Tier Performers | 01/17/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation on Friday reported that the majority of health care providers in the state were rated as “high-tier” performers in the 2023 performance-based oversight assessment. ...Read More | |||
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Mitch Steiger Returns as CHSWC Chairman | 01/16/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation elected Mitch Steiger to serve as its chairman in 2022. ...Read More | |||
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Annual Reports of Inventory Due April 1 | 01/16/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted a reminder to claims administrators that their annual reports of inventory are due April 1. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Mandamus Relief From Denial of Claim, Continuing Jurisdiction | 01/16/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to relief from Industrial Commission decisions denying his claim for benefits and declining to exercise continuing jurisdiction over his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Steel Cable Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 01/16/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker struck by a steel cable was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law Section 240(1) claim because his injuries were not the result of the application of the force of gravity to an object or person. ...Read More | |||
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Penalties for Safety Violations Increase 3.24% for Inflation | 01/16/2024 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations on Friday announced a 3.24% increase in penalties for workplace safety violations, due to inflation. S...Read More | |||
