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Friday, November 8, 2024

WCD Holding Hearing About Latest AMA Guides

  • State: Alaska
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The Alaska Workers' Compensation Division is holding a public meeting Dec. 10 to discuss adopting of the 2024 update to impairment rating guides.

Alaska law

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Friday, November 8, 2024

OSHA Fines Contractor for Exposing Workers to Deadly Falls

  • State: Illinois
  • Topic: NORTH
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The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited a contractor in Crystal Lake, Illinois, for allegedly exposing workers to fall hazards.

OSHA said it fined

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Thursday, November 7, 2024

WCAB Panel Says Orders Taking Matters off Calendar Are Not Final, Ineligible for Reconsideration

  • State: California
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Orders taking a matter off calendar are not final orders for the purposes of seeking reconsideration, the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board said in a

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Thursday, November 7, 2024

High Court Asked to Order WCAB Decide 'Grant for Study' Cases

  • State: California
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A petition was filed with the California Supreme Court requesting a writ of mandate directing the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board to render final decisions on

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Thursday, November 7, 2024

Worker Gets 0% Award for Occupational Pneumconiosis

  • State: West Virginia
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award of 0% permanent partial disability for a worker’s occupational pneumoconiosis.

Case: Foster v. Kingston Mining Inc.,

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Thursday, November 7, 2024

Board Applied Wrong Standard of Proof to Social Worker's Claims of Injury from Dog

  • State: New York
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A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board applied the wrong standard of proof to a social worker seeking benefits for physical

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Thursday, November 7, 2024

Court Overturns PTD Award for Pharmacy Worker's Injuries from Fall

  • State: New York
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A New York appellate court overturned an award of permanent total disability benefits for an injured pharmacy technician.

Case: Matter of Thakkar v. Walmart Associates

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Thursday, November 7, 2024

Supreme Court to Review Burden of Proof on Modification Petitions

  • State: Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court will be weighing in on the proper allocation of the burden of proving the existence of available positions for an injured worker,

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Thursday, November 7, 2024

PCRB Posts Reminder of Deadline to Request 2009 Assessment Refund

  • State: Pennsylvania
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The Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau announced that eligible carriers can request refunds of 2009 work comp security fund assessments through Feb. 24.

Gov. Josh Shapiro

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Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Grievously Injured Worker Bound by Limitations Period Shortened by Contract He Signed as Teen

  • State: Michigan
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A divided Michigan Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a tort claim saying the injured worker agreed to a shorter statute of limitations in

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