Workers' Compensation News
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Bill Would Shorten Disability Duration Needed for Benefits | 01/04/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill introduced in Washington state would cut in half the disability duration needed to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Add Marijuana to Intoxication Statute | 01/04/2024 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Missouri lawmaker introduced legislation that would make clear that workers injured while under the influence of cannabis risk losing workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Termination of TTD for Woman Who Abandoned Workforce | 01/04/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld the termination of a worker’s temporary total disability benefits due to her voluntary abandonment of the workforce. ...Read More | |||
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Gideon Baum Named CWCI COO | 01/03/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute named Gideon Baum, the former consultant to the state Senate committee that handled work comp bills, as its new chief operating officer. ...Read More | |||
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Court Nixes Red Book for AWP, Orders Bureau to Find Replacement | 01/03/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Pennsylvania appeals court on Tuesday said Red Book values are not an accurate average wholesale price and ordered the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation to identify a new nationally recognized schedule of pharmaceutical costs to resolve payment disputes. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Black Car Fund Entitled to Surcharge on Non-Cash Tips | 01/03/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A program that provides workers’ compensation benefits to for-hire drivers in New York can assess surcharges on non-cash tips, a federal appeals court held. ...Read More | |||
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Workers Need Not Be Fired for Willful Misconduct to Lose Entitlement to TTD | 01/03/2024 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled that a worker fired for poor performance was terminated for misconduct unrelated to her injury. ...Read More | |||
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Settlement Doesn't Bar Comp Claim, but Statute of Limitations Does | 01/03/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a worker’s settlement with the Second Injury Fund did not bar him from pursuing a claim for injuries against an insurance carrier for his family farm, but the statute of limitations did. ...Read More | |||
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Lawmaker Seeks Annual Report on Claim Stats | 01/03/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York lawmaker is proposing to require the Workers’ Compensation Board to file annual reports with detailed claim statistics, starting in February 2025. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Misrepresentations Don't Warrant Forfeiture of Entire SLU Award | 01/03/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker made material misrepresentations about his condition to obtain wage-replacement benefits, but his conduct did not warrant the disqualification of his entitlement to a schedule loss of use award or future benefits. ...Read More | |||
