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Top Story: Wednesday, October 21, 2020
While the wave of COVID-19 presumption measures seems to have slowed around the country, bills in two states could see some action before the year is out.
And federal presumption legislation, extending survivor benefits for some public safety officers' families, was recently approved by Congress, raising questions about how it might affect state workers' compensation programs.
First, the state actions.
In Minnesota, two bills… Read more »
Physical audit requirements are not being waived because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California said Tuesday during an online presentation meant to clarify a payroll exclusion rule.
The California Workers’ Compensation Uniform Statistical Reporting Plan specifies what must be… Read more »A day after the California Department of Insurance’s Conservation and Liquidation Office presented… Read more »
A Texas appellate court ruled that the treatment providers for an injured worker could proceed with a defamation… Read more »
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The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled that further proceedings were necessary to determine whether an inmate filed a timely appeal to a ruling on his workers’ compensation claim.
Case: Peacock v. MFG/Alabama LLC, No. 2190345, 10/9/2020, published.
Facts and procedural history: Kelvin Peacock worked for MFG/Alabama LLC. He filed a… Read more »
A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law action were entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claim based on her injuries from a fall caused by her lanyard being caught on the handrail of a scaffold.
Case: Mikenshina v. Tishman Construction Corp., No. 155373/12, 10/15/2020, published.
Facts and procedural history: Olga Mikenshina… Read more »A New York appellate court reinstated a worker’s Labor Law claims, finding his work of delivering equipment to a construction site did not necessarily fall outside the ambit of the Labor Law, and that there were triable issues that still needed to be resolved.
Case: Shaw v. Scepter Inc., No. 713 CA 19-02232, 10/09/2020, published.
Facts: Mark Shaw allegedly… Read more »
A Daly City electrician will serve 60 days in jail after pleading no contest to workers’ compensation insurance fraud, the California Department of Insurance announced Tuesday.
Michael Ray Williams, 37, also was sentenced to three years’ probation after he worked for multiple employers while collecting more than $85,000 in workers’ comp… Read more »
The Louisiana Office of Workers' Compensation Administration has adopted new reimbursement rules and billing codes for telemedicine services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The rules, published in the Louisiana Register, replace emergency rules that are due to expire at the end of October. They include recently added Current… Read more »
For decades, the Workers Compensation Research Institute's CompScope reports have provided deep insights into workers' compensation in many states. The information is germane not only to those focused on specific states, but for anyone looking to understand what works and what doesn’t, how regulatory changes affect stakeholders and how… Read more »
The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry said the online filing of “R” forms regarding rehabilitation requests and responses will not be available after next week because the department is moving to a new system.
Rehab providers who file their forms via the current online process or through fax or mail must stop doing so by 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 29. After that date, forms must be submitted through Work Comp Campus, the new web-based claims management portal, the… Read more »The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California issued its unit statistical report data submitted for policy years 2003 to… Read more »
The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section said insurer action is required with respect to… Read more »
SUNZ Insurance announced Jeffrey Marshall has joined the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer.
Marshall has been in the finance and accounting industry for more than 35 years and has significant experience serving in senior-level roles, SUNZ said in a statement.
Marshall most recently served as a senior vice president, group chief financial… Read more »
CLARA analytics, which provides artificial intelligence technology in the commercial insurance industry, named Karin Golde as its vice president of data science.
At CLARA, she will be responsible for conceiving and leading development of AI and machine learning-based initiatives to grow the company’s business.
Golde brings to CLARA 20 years of experience in sentiment… Read more »
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