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Injured workers seeking benefits from California’s second injury fund would be required to prove that they suffered a negative impact from the preexisting disability, under a recently amended bill that the Assembly Insurance Committee is scheduled to hear today.
Specifically, Assembly Bill 1329, as amended Monday, would require that the preexisting disability negatively impacts the person’s ability to work or perform activities of daily… Read more »
The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a highly educated and experienced nurse practitioner was entitled to an award of wage-loss benefits after sustaining a back injury.
Case: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences v. Pozner, No. CV-24-442, 04/16/2025, published.
Facts: Lisa Pozner worked for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences as a nurse practitioner. She suffered an acute spinal fracture at L1 while at work in September 2021.
In November 2021,… Read more »The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a determination… Read more »
A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his… Read more »
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The West Virginia Supreme Court overturned the closure of a worker’s claim and the denial of a request for a repeat magnetic resonance imaging scan, finding that the decisions went against a preponderance of the medical evidence.
Case: Weese v. Harry Green Chevrolet Inc., No. 23-340, 04/15/2025, published.
Facts: Roger Weese worked as an… Read more »
A bill that originally proposed to prohibit employers of certain types of first responders from pursuing subrogation claims against third parties responsible for causing an injury was amended to instead require that the specified first responders receive a portion of the funds recovered.
Senate Bill 487, by Sen. Tim Grayson, D-Concord, originally… Read more »The pace of commercial insurance rate hikes slowed slightly in most major coverage lines in the first quarter, according to a report Tuesday from Ivans Insurance Services, a unit of Applied Systems Inc.
Umbrella liability was the only line where rates accelerated, with average renewal rates of 9.3% in the first quarter compared with… Read more »
The Washington State Legislature sent the governor a bill that would revise the schedule used to calculate total disability benefits for unmarried workers.
Currently, a worker who is not married and has no children is entitled to receive 60% of preinjury wages in temporary total or permanent total disability benefits. The percentage of… Read more »
The New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration on Tuesday launched a new website.
The agency said the updated site has a cleaner and more accessible design that makes it easier for workers, employers, medical providers and legal professionals to find information.
In addition to making it easier to access forms and other information, the WCA said the new… Read more »
Two recent criminal cases out of Southern California spotlight the ongoing problem of employer workers’ compensation premium fraud and the harm it causes to both injured workers and law-abiding businesses.
In San Diego County, the owner of GPS Plumbing pleaded guilty to underreporting millions in payroll, leading to over $1 million in restitution owed… Read more »
Kevin M. Snyder has been appointed as a business representative to the Massachusetts Workers' Compensation Advisory Council.
Snyder, the director of sales and marketing for A.I.M. Mutual Insurance Cos., will serve a five-year term. He… Read more »
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