Workers' Compensation News
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Contractor Failed to Obtain Comp Insurance on Worker Who Fell to His Death | 06/29/2020 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 733 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 79 min read | |||
| The family of a construction worker in Chicago has filed a negligence lawsuit against a contractor after the worker fell two stories to his death last fall. ...Read More | |||
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TDI Adopts NCCI Injury Codes | 06/29/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 280 | 0 | Popular with Employer | 165 min read | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance has approved COVID-19 injury codes proposed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. The NCCI in...Read More | |||
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Board Names Gordon, Tacci to Medical Director Office | 06/29/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 210 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 48 min read | |||
| The New York Workers' Compensation Board has added two physicians to its medical director's office. ...Read More | |||
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MLAC Reviewing COVID Issues | 06/29/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 133 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 17 min read | |||
| At the direction of Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, the state’s Management Labor Advisory Council will discuss how the state’s workers’ compensation system is responding to the COVID-19 outbreak. ...Read More | |||
| CAAA Virtual Conference Kicks Off With Tips for Practicing WC Law in the Age of COVID​ | 06/26/2020 | ||
| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 682 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 33 min read | |||
| As the California Applicants’ Attorneys Association opened its annual summer conference Thursday morning, attorney Monica Fairwell said what many attendees were probably thinking. ...Read More | |||
| Med-Legal Exam Fee Upped to $2,015 in Latest Fee Schedule Proposal | 06/26/2020 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 806 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 24 min read | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation’s latest Medical-Legal Fee Schedule proposal would pay a flat rate of $2,105 for a comprehensive evaluation, about a 27% increase over last year’s proposal. ...Read More | |||
| Highway Patrol Office Arrested for Comp Fraud | 06/26/2020 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 807 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 37 min read | |||
| A California Highway Patrol officer with 25 years of experience was arrested on suspicion of workers’ compensation fraud, according to a Patch.com report. ...Read More | |||
| DWC Updates Official Medical Fee Schedule | 06/26/2020 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 450 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 66 min read | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order incorporating changes made by Medicare into the physician and non-physician practitioner section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule. The order adopts the April 2020 National Correct Coding Initiative Medically Unlike...Read More | |||
| Three Dozen Supporters, Opponents Turn Out on Presumption, Liability Bill | 06/26/2020 | ||
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 427 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 85 min read | |||
| A bill that would provide protection for workers and for employers seems to have struck a nerve in Ohio, with more than three dozen people testifying on it during a legislative hearing this week. ...Read More | |||
| Judge Properly Allocated Part of Worker's Settlement to Wife During Divorce Proceedings | 06/26/2020 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 207 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 20 min read | |||
| The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled that part of an injured worker’s settlement was properly allocated to his wife as part of his divorce proceedings. ...Read More | |||
