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The Utah Supreme Court ruled that the Labor Commission has exclusive jurisdiction to determine if an insurance carrier was entitled to reimbursement from the funds a worker received in her settlement of an unfair debt collection action.
Robyn Young worked for Granite School District as a special education teacher. She suffered injuries on two occasions when she was attacked by students. The second aggravated Young’s symptoms… Read more »
The Tennessee Court of Appeals revived a subpoena against the conservator for an injured worker’s estate, finding it was not rendered moot by operation of the doctrine of res judicata.
Case: Conservatorship of Steele, No. E2022-00840-COA-R3-CV, 09/28/2023, unpublished.
Facts and procedural history: James Steele suffered serious work-related injuries in… Read more »
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for benefits based on alleged injuries from being shoved by his supervisor, finding the worker lacked credibility.
Case: Skidmore v. United Parcel Service, No. 22-0030, 09/14/2023, published.
Facts: Brian K. Skidmore worked for United Parcel Service as a delivery driver. On Dec. 3, 2019, Skidmore alleged that his supervisor,… Read more »News: WEST
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for the aggravation of a noncompensable, preexisting injury.
Case: Kenneda v. United Coal Co., No. 22-0127, 09/14/2023, published.
Facts: Earl Kenneda Jr. worked as a foreman for United Coal Co. He allegedly injured his back at work on July 21, 2020, while lifting a mining belt.
Kenneda… Read more »
Claims for COVID-19 decreased significantly starting in February 2022 to about 2% of reported indemnity claims, according to the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California.
The WCIRB said COVID-19 claims accounted for nearly one in every seven indemnity claims in the first few months of the pandemic.
“In December 2020, amid the peak of the initial winter surge,… Read more »The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has not done enough to protect warehouse workers from injuries and illnesses, especially during the period just before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to findings by the Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General.
In a report released Wednesday, the OIG said… Read more »
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation posted an order incorporating changes made by Medicare into the physician and nonphysician practitioner section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule.
The division said the order adopts several changes the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid… Read more »
The Delaware Compensation Rating Bureau said a recently enacted bill addressing rate-filing rules does not apply to work comp carriers.
Gov. John Carney on Aug. 31 enacted HB 228, which requires that rate filing be submitted at least 60 days in advance of the proposed effective date instead of 30 days. The bill also authorizes the… Read more »
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced that the maximum settlement amount for use of the fixed percentage option will increase from $5,000 to $10,000, effective today.
The fixed percentage option is available to the claimant in a… Read more »
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