Workers' Compensation News
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DA: Former City Worker Stole More Than $627,000 With Phony Comp Audits | 03/26/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former human resources worker in San Francisco allegedly stole more than $627,000 from the city’s self-insured workers’ compensation fund by using a fake business in Illinois to charge for auditing services that were never provided, the District Attorney’s Office announced....Read More | |||
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CDI Hearing on Regulatory Filing Set for April 25 | 03/26/2024 | |
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| The California Department of Insurance will hold a public hearing on the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s annual regulatory filing April 25. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Endorses 'Directly Related' Test for Compensability of Treatment | 03/26/2024 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Supreme Court expressly adopted a long-standing Court of Appeals precedent using the "directly related" test to determine whether the causal connection required for treatment to be compensable has been satisfied. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Prohibit Raising Causation as Defense for First Time in Treatment Dispute Appeal | 03/26/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Louisiana employers would not be allowed to challenge causation or compensability for the first time during the appeal of a treatment dispute determination, under a bill introduced Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Additional Impairment for Coal Miner With Crush Injury | 03/26/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a coal miner was not entitled to additional disability for a crush injury to his left leg and foot. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Revives Labor Law Claim for Worker's Grinder Accident | 03/26/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law claim for his injuries from a malfunctioning grinder. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Advisory Committee Bill | 03/26/2024 | |
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| Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers enacted a bill from the state’s Workers’ Compensation Advisory Committee that includes an immediate 1.9% benefit increase. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Tosses Injured Worker's Wrongful Termination Claim Against Public Employer | 03/26/2024 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Nebraska Supreme Court threw out an injured worker’s wrongful termination claim against her public employer, finding the decision to fire her involved an element of judgment of the type that the Legislature intended to shield from tort action. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Has No 2nd Compensable Injury or Aggravation of Preexisting Condition | 03/25/2024 | |
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| State: WY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled that a worker did not meet her burden of showing that her right knee injury or her altered gait caused a second compensable injury or materially aggravated a preexisting condition. ...Read More | |||
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Court Finds Worker Didn't Commit Fraud, Grants Summary Judgment | 03/25/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claims and that he did not commit fraud against the court. ...Read More | |||
