Workers' Compensation News
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AG Sues PBMs Over Opioid Epidemic | 09/10/2024 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed a lawsuit accusing pharmacy benefit managers of contributing to the oversupply of opioids in the state and fueling an illegal secondary market. ...Read More | |||
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Registration Opens for Comp Conference | 09/10/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation opened registration for its Workers’ Compensation Conference being held virtually in October. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Jury Award to Flight Attendant for COVID-19 Infection | 09/09/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals overturned a jury verdict finding that a flight attendant was entitled to benefits for her COVID-19 infection, since the jury had been erroneously instructed on the traveling employee doctrine in the context of an occupational disease. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Has Duty to Cover Property Owner for Labor Law Claim | 09/09/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance company had a duty to provide coverage to a property owner defending against a Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award for Worker With Cumulative Trauma Back Injury | 09/09/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a worker with a cumulative trauma back injury. Case: Martin Mar...Read More | |||
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Worker With Traumatic Brain Injury Entitled to Inpatient Residential Care | 09/09/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld an award of inpatient residential care at an assisted living facility for a worker with a traumatic brain injury. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets PTD Benefits After Symptoms Shift From Left Side of Body to Right | 09/06/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits for a worker who experienced issues on his left side after a back injury before symptoms shifted to his right side after surgery. ...Read More | |||
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Injury Fund Entitled to Reimbursement From Auto Insurance Carrier | 09/06/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injury compensation fund was entitled to reimbursement from an insurance carrier of a motorist who caused an accident. ...Read More | |||
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DIR Proposes Rules to Implement SB 274 | 09/06/2024 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations proposed rules to implement the various provisions of a multifaceted 2023 bill that made a host of changes to the state’s workers’ compensation law. ...Read More | |||
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Construction Company Fined for Using Crane to Lift Workers | 09/06/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries said a Seattle construction company is facing $155,300 in fines for knowingly putting workers at serious risk of injury or death by using a crane to lift them after an elevator broke down. ...Read More | |||
