Workers' Compensation News
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DWC Announces Readoption of Rules | 11/03/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that it readopted its rules in Chapter 102-166 as part of a requirement to periodically review its regulations. ...Read More | |||
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Sovereign Immunity Doesn't Protect Self-Insurance Fund From Administrative Penalties | 11/03/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a self-insurance fund’s governmental immunity was waived under the Workers' Compensation Act for administrative penalties imposed by the Department of Insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Insurance Department Moves to New Tulsa Office | 11/03/2023 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Oklahoma Insurance Department completed the move to a new office in Tulsa. The new office in the Meridian Tower on East Skelly Drive opened Tuesda...Read More | |||
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WCB to Post Updated Disability Forms | 11/03/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board posted updated forms that comply with revised disability benefit regulations taking effect at the start of 2024. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Can't Intervene in Worker's Action Against Insured | 11/03/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier was not entitled to an order allowing it to intervene in an injured worker’s lawsuit to assert a workers’ compensation exclusivity defense. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Increase in Worker's Award for Occupational Pneumoconiosis | 11/03/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award for occupational pneumoconiosis. ...Read More | |||
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Assessment Rate to Decrease by 6% | 11/03/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The workers’ compensation assessment rate will decrease by 6% in 2024 saving New York employers more than $50 million, according to a statement from the Workers’ Compensation Board. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Hit by Unidentified Object Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 11/02/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker struck by a falling object was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim even though he was unable to identify what had hit him. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Decision to Overturn Denial of Claim Based on 'Technicality' | 11/02/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a decision overturning the denial of a worker’s claim for occupational pneumoconiosis from his coal dust exposure. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Worker Injured After Clocking Out | 11/02/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a denial of benefits to a worker for an injury that happened while climbing into a vehicle after he had clocked out for the day. ...Read More | |||
