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The team at WorkCompCentral is stunned and deeply saddened by David DePaolo's sudden departure from this world. He passed away Sunday, July 17 in a motorcycle accident. However, we are all committed to carry on and continue to fulfill David's vision of providing workers compensation professionals with the most unbiased news, education and resources in the industry. We will also strive to make this year's Comp Laude® Awards & Gala event the best ever. The Comp Laude® event encapsulates his vision and passion for the industry. David was very proud of the team that he had assembled and we are working very hard to support each other and our valued customers.
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Top Story: Friday, September 18, 2020
Moving to the sixth edition of the American Medical Association’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment didn’t reduce benefits to such an extent that workers were left without an adequate remedy for occupational injuries, attorneys for an employer and the state Attorney General’s Office told the Kansas Supreme Court on Thursday.
Michelle Haskins, an attorney for U.S. Food Service, and Dwight Carswell, assistant solicitor general, during… Read more »
Members of Oregon’s Management-Labor Advisory Committee this afternoon will meet for the ninth time since June as they continue their ongoing struggle to issue a consensus recommendation on how the state should handle workers’ compensation claims related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
For the past several months, employer and worker advocates on the committee have not been able to agree… Read more »The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a mine foreman is not entitled to additional temporary total disability… Read more »
A unanimous Ohio Supreme Court clarified the standard for determining a worker’s entitlement to… Read more »
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A Texas appellate court upheld an award of benefits to an injured truck driver for his depression, anxiety disorder and chronic pain syndrome.
Case: Ace American Insurance Co. v. Elmer, No. 05-19-00386-CV, 09/15/2020, published.
Facts: Clayton D. Elmer worked as a truck driver for Heartland Express. He injured himself in… Read more »
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a bill creating several presumptions that COVID-19 is a compensable condition, and he signed a measure that would require employers to report outbreaks to local health officials.
Both measures took effect immediately.
The governor said during a signing ceremony streamed online that SB 1159, by Sen. Jerry… Read more »Oregon’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued more than $23,000 in fines to two businesses for engaging in the same hazardous behavior of refusing to carry out proven steps to help protect workers from COVID-19.
In separate enforcement actions, the division issued citations to… Read more »
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Georgetown Dental LLC for violating respiratory protection and other standards at the business's Georgetown, Massachusetts, location.
OSHA cited the dental practice for six serious and one other-than-serious… Read more »
The Oregon Medical Advisory Committee said it will accept testimony on a draft recommendation that two-level cervical artificial disk replacement should be a compensable service for injured workers, during an Oct. 16 meeting.
A subcommittee tasked with deciding whether two-level cervical disk replacements… Read more »
The confluence of unprecedented wildfires raging through California coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic has created the perfect storm of disastrous conditions for firefighters, farmworkers and millions of others forced to work outdoors.
With fire season only just beginning, a record 2.5 million acres have already been burned, covering large swaths of the state… Read more »
The Louisiana Association of Self Insured Employers is hosting a medical seminar Monday covering the basic principles of medical injuries commonly seen in workers' compensation.
The seminar is designed to teach how to review and understand medical reports, both in terms of type and severity of problems. It will cover many of the standard treatment options available to various medical problems.
Other topics will… Read more »
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