Workers' Compensation News
House Passes Bills to Allow Direct Deposit, Boost Benefits for Permanent Disfigurement | 05/04/2023 | ||
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The Pennsylvania state House of Representatives passed bills that will eventually require insurers and employers to pay benefits via direct deposit and will expand the range of injuries and amount of benefits paid for serious and permanent disfigurement injuries. ...Read More | |||
High Court Says Worker's Status as Employee or Contractor Is Not for Jury to Decide | 05/03/2023 | ||
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The Alaska Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the estate of a worker who brought a common law negligence action against the entity for whom he worked was not entitled to a jury trial on the question of whether he was an employee or independent contractor. ...Read More | |||
House Passes Multifaceted Comp Bill | 04/26/2023 | ||
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The Colorado state House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would extend the limit on workers’ compensation claims for mental impairment to 36 weeks from 12 weeks. ...Read More | |||
High Court Clarifies Burden for Employer to Avoid Heart Disease Presumption | 04/25/2023 | ||
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An employer attempting to bar a police officer from relying on a presumption that a disabling heart disease arose out of employment must show the officer failed to address correctable predisposing conditions, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled. ...Read More | |||
High Court Affirms Finding That Worker's Hearing Loss Wasn't Caused by Industrial Noise | 04/24/2023 | ||
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The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a denial of benefits for a worker’s hearing loss claim. Case: Fragmin v. TC En...Read More | |||
High Court Says Retail Worker Can't Sue Employer for Mishandling Dog-Bite Incident | 04/21/2023 | ||
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The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act barred a retail worker from suing her employer for mishandling an incident where she was bitten by a customer’s dog. ...Read More | |||
High Court Upholds Denial of Additional Benefits, Treatment for Injured Coal Miner | 04/18/2023 | ||
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The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld the denial of additional treatment and benefits for an injured coal miner, as well as the closure of his claim. ...Read More | |||
House Passes Physician Assistant Treatment Authorization Bill | 04/11/2023 | ||
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The Oregon state House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that would allow physician assistants to treat injured workers and authorize temporary disability under the same rules that apply to nurse practitioners. ...Read More | |||
Hearing Set for Bill to Exclude TD Duration for Overturned Treatment Denial | 04/10/2023 | ||
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California lawmakers are scheduled later this month to hear testimony on a measure that would exclude from the cap on benefit duration the amount of time spent waiting for a treatment denial to be overturned. ...Read More | |||
High Court Upholds Compensability of Electrician's Leukemia From Benzene Exposure | 04/10/2023 | ||
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The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld an award of benefits to an electrician who developed leukemia after years of exposure to benzene. ...Read More | |||