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	Supreme Court Undecided on Whether CT Claims Are Diseases, Illnesses		09/06/2017
	By: Emily Brill (Reporter)
	State: UT | Segment: Top | 230 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Utah's Supreme Court justices could not decide whether a worker's condition — linked to cumulative trauma — should be classified as an occupational disease or an accidental injury, in an opinion released last week. ...Read More

	Sewer Company Fined $184K After Worker's Death		09/06/2017
	State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 160 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
	A Minnesota sewer company is facing $184,100 in fines following the death of a worker who became entangled in sewer lining equipment. Visu-Sewer Inc. r...Read More

	State Proposes 2018 Maximum Benefit, New Code of Conduct for Comp Judges		09/06/2017
	State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 165 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
	New Jersey's maximum benefit rate for workers' compensation claimants will rise 0.78% next year, from $896 to $903, if the change is approved. ...Read More

	Supreme Court Upholds Guaranty Association's Entitlement to Collect Assessments		09/05/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 216 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that the state's Workers' Compensation Group Self-Insurer Guaranty Association was entitled to summary judgment on its demand for payment of assessments against members of the former Mississippi Comp Choice Workers' Compensation Self-Insur...Read More

	Supreme Court Upholds Denial for Back Surgery as Not Causally Related to Hernia		09/05/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: WY | Segment: WEST | 218 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled that an injured truck driver failed to prove his need for back surgery was causally related to a groin injury he suffered while lifting a heavy placard. ...Read More

	Stonetrust Enters Nebraska With Work Comp Product		09/01/2017
	State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 444 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co. has entered the Nebraska market and will distribute its workers’ compensation product exclusively through Method Insurance Services. ...Read More

	Supreme Court Disbars Attorney for Repeated Misconduct in Comp Cases		09/01/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 758 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday yanked an attorney’s law license for his repeated failure to properly manage funds owed to clients and co-counsel. ...Read More

	Supreme Court Gets Constitutional Challenge to Subrogation Statute, TTD Limit		08/31/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 311 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday received a constitutional challenge to an employer’s statutorily granted rights to limit a worker’s temporary total disability benefits and to receive a credit when the worker has obtained recovery from a third-party tortfeasor. ...Read More

	Slain Work Comp Attorney's Boyfriend Convicted of Murder		08/30/2017
	State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1650 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	A jury has convicted a slain workers' compensation attorney's boyfriend of her murder after three days of deliberations, ...Read More

	Supreme Court Rules Injured Workers Have Choice of Pharmacy		08/30/2017
	By: Emily Brill (Reporter)
	State: KY | Segment: Top | 506 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Unlike its counterpart in Louisiana, the Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that injured workers may choose their own pharmacy.  The...Read More