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California employers will have less time to accept liability on certain presumptive injury claims and face penalties of up to $50,000 for unreasonably denying them, under a bill enacted by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The governor also extended the presumption that COVID-19 is compensable through 2024 and signed a bill giving the insurance commissioner more authority to meet with county prosecutors, insurers and self-insured employers to… Read more »
The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld summary judgment dismissing a family’s claims that a worker’s supervisor was responsible for his death from heat stroke by exposing him to a risk for injury not normally associated with his job.
Case: Channel v. Walker, No. WD85172, 09/27/2022, published.
Facts: Thomas Channel worked for Cintas Corp., which allegedly had a protocol that included heat… Read more »
The Supreme Court of West Virginia unanimously upheld an award of a 0% permanent partial disability to a worker struck by a rock that had rolled down a hill.
Case: Campbell v. Henkels & McCoy Group Inc., No. 21-0418, 09/19/2022, published.
Facts: Joseph Campbell worked for Henkels & McCoy Group Inc. He was injured when he was struck by a rock that rolled… Read more »News: NORTH
The Illinois Appellate Court upheld a determination that a retail worker was not entitled to benefits for her injuries from a fall in a parking lot adjacent to the store where she was undergoing new-hire training.
Case: Hoots v. IWCC, No. 4-22-0041WC, 09/19/2022, unpublished.
Facts: Brooke Hoots worked for Dollar General as a sales associate at a store in Woodson. At the time she was hired, the… Read more »
Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier, acting on the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis, signed an executive order prohibiting carriers from canceling any policies for the next two months as the state works on repairing damage caused by Hurricane Ian.
“Between Sept. 28 and Nov. 28, no insurer or other entity regulated under the Florida… Read more »The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Friday proposed changes to its qualified medical evaluator rules that would allow an extra 30 days to schedule appointments.
Instead of requiring a qualified medical evaluator to evaluate an injured worker within 60 days of being selected from a panel, the proposed rule would require that the exam… Read more »
The Workers’ Compensation Nominating Committee is accepting applications to fill a vacant administrative law judge position in the Kentucky Department of Workers’ Claims.
The judge position is full time and appointees are prohibited from holding other public office or maintaining a private practice. The appointee will serve a term… Read more »
The New Jersey Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau on Friday announced a proposed 4.7% decrease in the overall premium and rate level, effective Jan. 1.
In addition to lower rates, the bureau said the filing submitted to the state Department of Banking also proposes several changes to experience and retrospective rating values.
The bureau said it anticipates that… Read more »
We pause and think about safety periodically. There is a vast assortment of challenges out there in the world that may result in an accident. Workers' compensation is built for such instances and remains focused on safety after about 100 years (in some jurisdictions a bit more, in others a bit less).
The thing about workplace accidents is that none… Read more »
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