Workers' Compensation News
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Bill to Bar No-Rehire Settlement Tactics Heading to Governor | 06/27/2023 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Oregon lawmakers are sending Gov. Tina Kotek a bill that would prohibit employers from requiring injured workers to enter into a no-rehire agreement as part of settlement negotiations. ...Read More | |||
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Pritzker Reappoints Wolin to Medical Fee Advisory Board | 06/27/2023 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker reappointed Dr. Preston Wolin to serve as a member of the Workers’ Compensation Medical Fee Advisory Board. ...Read More | |||
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Alexandra Cohen Joins Goldberg Segalla Office in New York | 06/27/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Goldberg Segalla announced that Alexandra L. Cohen joined the firm’s workers’ compensation group in Manhattan. ...Read More | |||
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Kim Yelkin Is Raymond Mauk Leadership Award Recipient | 06/27/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Insurance Council of Texas announced that Kimberly A. Yelkin, formerly a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP and a longtime insurance industry lawyer and lobbyist, will posthumously receive the 2023 Raymond Mauk Leadership Award. ...Read More | |||
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Berkshire Hathaway Partners With Clarify Health to Enhance Care for Injured Workers | 06/27/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies and Clarify Health announced a partnership to improve the quality of care and outcomes for injured workers. ...Read More | |||
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En Banc WCAB Clarifies Requirements for Apportionment by Reporting Physicians, Vocational Experts | 06/26/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board last week issued an en banc decision clarifying the requirements for doctors and vocational experts to properly opine on apportionment. ...Read More | |||
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College Professor Can't Pursue Tort Claim for Accident Involving Co-Worker | 06/26/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a university professor could not pursue a tort claim against her employer for her injuries from being struck by a colleague who was driving a university-owned vehicle on campus. ...Read More | |||
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DOL Seeks Input for Heat Standard | 06/26/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Department of Labor urges owners of small businesses and representatives from local government bodies to join the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in discussions on the potential impacts of a workplace heat standard. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Unanimously Upholds Denial of Additional TTD for Injured Pipe Fitter | 06/26/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a finding that an injured pipe fitter was not entitled to additional temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Denies Review of Worker's Claim of Entitlement to PTD Benefits | 06/26/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A divided Louisiana Supreme Court declined to consider a worker’s challenge to the denial of her request for permanent total disability benefits despite the alleged evidentiary errors at her trial. ...Read More | |||
