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The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that the five-year statutory deadline for a worker to request a hearing on her claim was tolled by the statewide judicial emergency orders issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Evelyn Fann-Roberts worked for Coastal Home Care. In July 2017, she filed a workers’ compensation claim for an alleged injury from July 2016.
Coastal contested the claim and paid no benefits. Although Fann-Roberts… Read more »
A California appellate court ruled that an elected city official’s claims for retaliation and intentional infliction of emotional distress should have been subjected to the defendants’ special motion to strike.
Case: Brown v. City of Inglewood, No. B320658, 05/31/2023, unpublished.
Facts and procedural history: Wanda Brown has served as the elected treasurer for the City of Inglewood since 1987.
Brown filed suit against the city and several individual members of its City Council, alleging that after… Read more »A New York appellate court ruled that a worker’s motion to vacate an order granting summary judgment on her personal injury action should… Read more »
A New York appellate court upheld a determination that an ironworker suffered an aggravation of a prior neck injury in a… Read more »
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Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill eliminating a requirement that injured workers seeking medical treatment must miss at least four hours before they’re allowed to collect temporary disability benefits.
The governor on Thursday signed SB 418, by Sen. Chris Gorsek, D-Troutdale.
The bill allows injured workers to receive TD benefits when receiving compensable medical services without a minimum leave… Read more »
Florida Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky appointed Sheryl Parker as the first deputy commissioner of market regulation and Virginia Christy as the Office of Insurance Regulation’s deputy commissioner of property and casualty.
The deputy commissioner of market regulation position was established with the purpose of overseeing all of OIR’s market… Read more »Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, named Patrick Roth as its west regional leader.
Roth will oversee risk strategy operations in the Western region to build comprehensive growth and brand presence.
Before Risk Strategies, Roth was Lockton's chief growth officer and executive vice… Read more »
The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation on Monday launched the DWC Digest e-newsletter, combining various news items into one email.
The first edition of the DWC’s new e-newsletter included a reminder that DWC adopted amendments to the Texas Administrative Code that affect designated doctors and… Read more »
The Texas Department of Insurance announced regulatory amendments to reflect the agency’s move to the Barbara Jordan State Office Building.
TDI last year moved from the William P. Hobby Jr. state office building in downtown Austin to the new Barbara Jordan building near the Capitol.
As a result of the move, TDI said… Read more »
This post continues the discussion of the impact of CS/CS/ HB487 (2023). The first part, including reminders of the nomenclature and legislative process, is in Major Change in the EMA (May 2023).
This bill is not a major revision of the workers' compensation law. However, the impact on provider fee schedules may be profound. In any event, the… Read more »
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