Workers' Compensation News
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No Benefits for Police Chief Injured While Driving Patrol Car on Weekend Trip | 01/06/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 192 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned an award of benefits to a police chief for injuries he sustained while driving his patrol on a personal weekend trip. ...Read More | |||
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Court Tosses Appeal of Non-Final Judgment on Comp Claim, Dismissal | 01/06/2021 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 156 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 75 min read | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals dismissed an injured worker’s appeal of the denial of his tort-of-outrage claim against his employer as void and also dismissed the employer’s appeal. ...Read More | |||
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Sedgwick Names Adam R. Fisher Chief Data Officer | 01/06/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 192 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 104 min read | |||
| Sedgwick on Monday appointed Adam R. Fisher to a new company role as chief data officer. ...Read More | |||
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AF Group Appoints Paul Kearney as Chief Claims Officer | 01/06/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 169 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 50 min read | |||
| AF Group appointed Paul Kearney as its chief claims officer, a position that will see him leading the company’s claims team to support policyholders and injured workers throughout the country. ...Read More | |||
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Report: Worker Fatalities in 2019 Were Highest in 12 Years | 01/06/2021 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 220 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 246 min read | |||
| More than 5,300 American workers died from on-the-job injuries in 2019, the highest total in more than a decade, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report released last month. ...Read More | |||
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Nurse With Pre-Existing Neck Issues Gets TTD for Injury, but Not PTD | 01/06/2021 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 107 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 42 min read | |||
| The Utah Court of Appeals upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to an in-home nurse for her injuries from rushing to clean feces off a severely disabled child to prevent potentially fatal complications. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Proposes Extending Benefit Duration to 520 Weeks | 01/06/2021 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 115 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 51 min read | |||
| Injured workers in Mississippi would be eligible for up to 520 weeks of disability benefits under a bill introduced Tuesday, the start of the 2021 legislative session. ...Read More | |||
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Agency Posts 2021 Fee Schedules for Inpatient and Trauma Services | 01/06/2021 | |
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| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 116 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 31 min read | |||
| As promised last week, the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court has released 2021 updates to its fee schedules for inpatient hospital and trauma services, showing a modest increase for some treatments. ...Read More | |||
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Bill Would Allow Enhanced PPD Benefits for Baltimore Correctional Officers | 01/06/2021 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 108 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 32 min read | |||
| Correctional officers in Baltimore would be eligible for enhanced benefits available to other public safety workers in Maryland under a bill introduced ahead of the 2021 legislative session. ...Read More | |||
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Bills Would Allow Benefits for Work-Related Horseplay, Adopt Substantial Factor Standard | 01/06/2021 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 132 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 696 min read | |||
| A pair of bills filed ahead of the 2021 legislative session would revise the prohibition on workers collecting workers’ compensation benefits for fighting or horseplay and replace the prevailing factor standard for determining compensability in Kansas with a substantial factor test. ...Read More | |||
