Workers' Compensation News
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Pinnacol Board Chair Says Change Needed to Help Struggling Carrier | 03/12/2025 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The chairwoman of the board of directors for Colorado's Pinnacol Assurance penned an op-ed for the Denver Post saying changes are needed for the quasi-public insurer to...Read More | |||
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Mine Worker Entitled to Expand Claim, Receive Additional Treatment | 03/12/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld the authorization of additional treatment for a worker’s injuries from a mining accident, as well as the expansion of his claim to include additional injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Pharmacist to Serve 17 Years, Forfeit $405M for Compound Drug Scheme | 03/12/2025 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a Texas pharmacist was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for his role in a compound drug scheme targeting injured federal workers. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner Reappoints Two to WCIRB Governing Committee | 03/11/2025 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara reappointed Mitch Steiger and C. Bryan Little to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau Governing Committee. ...Read More | |||
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Trial Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Lift Stay in Billing Dispute | 03/11/2025 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alabama Supreme Court said a trial court erroneously lifted a stay in a dispute over payments for medical services because neither party filed a timely challenge to the final order putting the case on hold pending arbitration. ...Read More | |||
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Widow Proves Miner's Catastrophic Injuries Contributed to His Death Decades Later | 03/11/2025 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a coal miner’s widow for his death from a liver condition 23 years after he suffered catastrophic injuries at work. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Worker's Left Knee Injury | 03/11/2025 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s claim of a left knee injury following an injury to his right knee. Case:...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Upholds Black Lung Award to Worker's Widow | 03/11/2025 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld an award of black lung benefits to a worker’s widow, finding the award was adequately supported by the evidence presented to the administrative law judge. ...Read More | |||
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Construction Manager Gets Summary Judgment on Worker's Labor Law Claims | 03/11/2025 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a construction manager should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a worker’s Labor Law claims against it. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Fee Rules Up for Review | 03/11/2025 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers' Compensation Board announced that it is performing a periodic review of rules governing fees for attorneys who represent insurers and self-insured employers. ...Read More | |||
