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The California Department of Industrial Relations announced on Tuesday that the total assessment for the current fiscal year will increase 13.9% to $1.568 billion from the $1.377 billion assessed for the fiscal year that ended in June.
While the total assessment for all payers is more than $1.5 billion, the agency will be collecting $1.245 billion from… Read more »
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Tuesday released a study citing higher shares of permanent partial disability and cumulative trauma claims, a higher percentage of claims requiring medical-legal reports and regional differences as four key drivers of duration in California.
Indemnity claims in California are open… Read more »
The Court of Appeal for the 1st Circuit of Louisiana upheld an award of benefits to a welder for a shoulder injury from a workplace fall based on his account of events.
Case: Rabadan v. Turner Industries, No. 2022 CA 0442, 11/04/2022, published.
Facts: Josue Rabadan worked as a welder for Turner Industries. On May 7, 2018, he was sent to work at the Occidental Petroleum plant in… Read more »News: Top
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The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Commission exceeded its authority in setting conditions for the provision of future medical treatment for an injured worker.
Case: Montgomery v. IWCC, No. 3-21-0604WC, 11/15/2022, published.
Facts and procedural history: Kurt Montgomery worked for Caterpillar Logistics Services Inc. He… Read more »
The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the division of liability between an employer and the state Second Injury Fund for a worker’s successive disabilities.
Case: Knaeble v. John Deere Dubuque Works of Deere & Co., No. 21-1934, 11/17/2022, published.
Facts and procedural history: David Knaeble sustained three employment-related injuries… Read more »Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis extended an emergency order prohibiting carriers from canceling policies for another 60 days while the state continues to repair damage caused by Hurricane Ian.
The governor first issued the order prohibiting cancellations and… Read more »
Thanksgiving week 2022 was one of difficult news stories. There were multiple reminders that the workplace is dangerous.
We can focus our attention on making it safer through regulation, training and attention, but there will always remain risks. That ultimatum of risk should not deter us from the remediation we strive to bring. That we cannot render the… Read more »
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