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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Governor Reappoints Sean Quinn to Comp Court

  • State: Minnesota
  • Topic: NORTH
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for a second time reappointed Sean M. Quinn to a six-year term as a judge on the state's Workers' Compensation Court

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Monday, January 27, 2025

Split Court Says Worker With New, Higher-Paying Job Gets Benefits Based on Industrial Disability

  • State: Iowa
  • Topic: Top
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A divided Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker was entitled to compensation based on his industrial disability, not his earning power, after

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Monday, January 27, 2025

Comp Sees Increase in Advanced Medical Practitioners Treating Workers

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  • Topic: NATIONAL
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The workers' compensation industry has seen a steady rise in the number of nurse practitioners and physician assistants tending to injured workers during first medical

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Monday, January 27, 2025

Board Uses Improper SLU Assessment for Transit Worker

  • State: New York
  • Topic: NORTH
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A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board made an improper schedule loss of use assessment regarding a comparison of contralateral members.

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Monday, January 27, 2025

Labor Law Defendant Gets Partial Summary Judgment

  • State: New York
  • Topic: NORTH
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A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should have been granted summary judgment on some of a worker’s claims, but the

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Monday, January 27, 2025

Supreme Court Denies Benefits for Fire Chief With Hearing Loss

  • State: West Virginia
  • Topic: SOUTH
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a fire chief’s claim for occupational hearing loss.

Case: Preece v. Kermit Volunteer Fire Department, No.

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Monday, January 27, 2025

BWC Considers 6% Rate Cut for Private Employers

  • State: Ohio
  • Topic: NORTH
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The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is proposing a 6% rate reduction that it says would save private employers about $60 million in premiums in

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Monday, January 27, 2025

DWC Posts Agendas for Educational Conference

  • State: California
  • Topic: WEST
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The California Division of Workers' Compensation posted agendas for its annual Educational Conference being held in March.

Sessions will include a DWC update, reports from

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Friday, January 24, 2025

High Court: Exclusivity Doesn't Apply to Estate Time-Barred From Pursuing Disease Claim

  • State: Pennsylvania
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Exclusive remedy does not prohibit the estate of a deceased worker from suing the worker's former employer for negligence when the estate is otherwise time-barred

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Friday, January 24, 2025

Double-Dipping Leads to $60,116 Restitution Order

  • State: Washington
  • Topic: WEST
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The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that a man who worked the entire time he was receiving workers' compensation benefits was ordered

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