Workers' Compensation News
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School Bus Monitor Gets Benefits for Injuries From Being Jarred From Seat | 10/17/2018 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 97 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a school bus monitor was entitled to benefits for her injuries from being jarred from her seat when the bus hit a bump in the road. ...Read More | |||
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LASIE Offers Seminar for Adjuster Licensing | 10/17/2018 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 241 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 159 min read | |||
| In keeping with a Louisiana law that requires claims adjusters to be licensed, the Louisiana Department of Insurance and the Louisiana Association of Self-Insured Employers will host a seminar to help aspiring adjusters pass the exam. ...Read More | |||
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Auditors' Penalties Fall With Drop in Unpaid Compensation | 10/16/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 585 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 33 min read | |||
| Penalties collected from claims handlers throughout California fell by more than half in the Division of Workers’ Compensation’s latest audit, which found the lowest amount of unpaid compensation in more than a decade. ...Read More | |||
| DWC Proposes Changes to WCIS Implementation Guide | 10/16/2018 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 247 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 124 min read | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted to its online forum proposed updates to rules covering the electronic reporting of injuries for a 15-day public comment period. Proposed changes to the Workers’ Compensation Information System California Electronic Data I...Read More | |||
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Remote Patient Monitoring Finding Applications in Comp | 10/16/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 197 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 15 min read | |||
| Whether a patient monitoring system that uses an Apple Watch can improve outcomes and lower costs for patients undergoing a knee or hip replacement is the subject of a clinical trial launched Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Stakeholders Raise Questions About Volunteer Fire Departments' Self-Insurance | 10/16/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 220 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 29 min read | |||
| When Pennsylvania lawmakers approved Act 46, setting up a cancer presumption for firefighters, many said they were doing the right thing for the brave men and women who put their lives on the line protecting people and property. ...Read More | |||
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Changing Assumptions Put Employers' Reinsurance Fund in Deficit Position | 10/16/2018 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 74 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 15 min read | |||
| Utah hasn’t accepted new claims to its second injury fund since 1994, but the fund still owes at least $166 million, according to the latest annual report, released Sept. 26. ...Read More | |||
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Injured Roofer Failed to Prove Applicability of Exceptions to Exclusive Remedy | 10/16/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: VT | Segment: NORTH | 85 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 7 min read | |||
| The Vermont Supreme Court last week ruled that an employer’s alleged failure to comply with safety regulations is not sufficient to meet the level of intent necessary to circumvent the workers' compensation system as an exclusive remedy for an injured employee. ...Read More | |||
| Realm National Insurance Liquidation Winding Down | 10/16/2018 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 58 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 3 min read | |||
| The liquidation of Realm National Insurance Co. appears to be drawing to a close, according to an Oct. 5 order from the state Supreme Court in New York. Any creditors, claimants or others with an interest in Realm’s affairs has until Dec. 6 to notify the court, the ...Read More | |||
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Worker Can't Rely on Report by Physician Assistant to Establish Impairment | 10/16/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 103 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 135 min read | |||
| The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld an award of benefits, fees and penalties to an injured worker but found that he could not rely on the opinion of a physician assistant to establish his level of impairment. ...Read More | |||
