Workers' Compensation News
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Largest Q2 OSHA Fines Are on Construction Firms for Falls, Trench Violations | 07/30/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 197 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 30 min read | |||
| The largest fines by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration for the second quarter of 2020 totaled a little more than $1 million and were levied against roofing and trenching contractors. One of the violators has had dozens of workers' compensation claims filed against it...Read More | |||
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Hearing on Presumption Bill Delayed to Aug. 11 | 07/29/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1293 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 73 min read | |||
| A hearing on a bill that would codify California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 presumption was delayed by two weeks. The Assembly Ins...Read More | |||
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CIGA Boards, Committees Meet Aug. 5 | 07/29/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 224 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 5 min read | |||
| Boards and committees for the California Insurance Guarantee Association will hold a series of video conference meetings Aug. 5. T...Read More | |||
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Bradford and Barthel Announces Appointments to Diversity Positions | 07/29/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1125 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 87 min read | |||
| The Law Offices of Bradford and Barthel announced that partners Fariba Jafary and Rosa Sanchez-Ervin have been promoted to two positions the firm says will encourage and support diversity in the workers’ compensation community. ...Read More | |||
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COVID-19 Pandemic Causes Delays for Federal Work Comp Programs, Audit Says | 07/29/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 201 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 30 min read | |||
| Most federal Office of Workers' Compensation Programs operations are experiencing delays and expecting resource management issues because of the increasing number of claims and social distancing orders in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent audit by the U.S. Department of...Read More | |||
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Committee Approves Long-Awaited Presumption Bill for Essential Workers | 07/29/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 740 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 56 min read | |||
| Business groups in New Jersey were hoping lawmakers would take a page from Connecticut and California, where a COVID-19 presumption order applies only to illnesses diagnosed within a limited time frame. ...Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment for Worker Who Fell From Ladder | 07/29/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 135 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 73 min read | |||
| A divided New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claims based on his fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Special Disability Fund Has No Liability to Carrier Due to Lack of Evidence | 07/29/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 115 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 27 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier that failed to submit medical evidence in support of its claim is not entitled to reimbursement from the Special Disability Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Lacks Jurisdiction Over Provider's Claim for Additional Payment | 07/29/2020 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 173 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 33 min read | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Commission lacked jurisdiction to adjudicate a health care provider’s claim for additional payment for services rendered to an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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Homeowner Qualifies as Employer of Carpenter Injured in Fall | 07/29/2020 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 163 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 14 min read | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court ruled that a property owner was the employer of a carpenter who suffered a spinal cord injury in a fall from the roof of a house. ...Read More | |||
