Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Loses Right to Participate in Comp Fund | 01/19/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that an employer was entitled to judgment disallowing a worker from participating in the state workers' compensation fund. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court to Address Posthumous Specific Loss Benefits | 01/18/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will address whether specific loss benefits should be limited posthumously to workers who die because of a cause unrelated to the work injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Entitled to Industrial Impairment in Excess of Medical Rating | 01/18/2024 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker had an occupational impairment exceeding her medical impairment rating. C...Read More | |||
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Police Officers Fail to Link Layoffs to Workers' Comp Claims | 01/18/2024 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a finding that two special police officers had not been laid off from their positions in retaliation for pursuing workers’ compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
