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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
- State: Texas
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Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Jeanette Ward will begin serving as president and chief executive officer March 1.
Jeanette Ward
Ward
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- State: Maryland
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Maryland lawmakers on Monday presented carryover legislation that would allow licensed certified social workers to diagnose injured workers with mental impairments.
HB 694, which was
… Read more »Tuesday, February 7, 2023
- State: Louisiana
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A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an employer was not liable for death benefits for the fatal shooting of an employee by her boyfriend at
… Read more »Monday, February 6, 2023
- State: Virginia
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Lawmakers in Virginia moved four bills expanding presumptions for first responders and requiring that workers’ compensation cover their claims for anxiety and depression.
The state House
… Read more »Monday, February 6, 2023
- State: West Virginia
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The West Virginia Supreme Court overturned a denial of benefits to a worker with preexisting back issues for his claimed back injury.
Case: Butcher v.
… Read more »Friday, February 3, 2023
- State: District of Columbia
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The District of Columbia’s highest court vacated an administrative order terminating an injured worker’s benefits for a back injury, finding the record did not support
… Read more »Friday, February 3, 2023
- State: West Virginia
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A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that further proceedings are necessary to determine if a worker’s neck injury was compensable, given her preexisting neck
… Read more »Friday, February 3, 2023
- State: Missouri
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The Missouri Division of Workers’ Compensation would be able to assess employers and insurers a special surcharge to support the state’s Second Injury Fund through
… Read more »Thursday, February 2, 2023
- State: Texas
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A Texas appellate court upheld a jury’s award of lifetime income benefits to a worker for a traumatic brain injury, finding it caused "incurable imbecility."
… Read more »Thursday, February 2, 2023
- State: West Virginia
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The West Virginia Supreme Court revived a worker’s request to expand the scope of his claim to include additional knee conditions.
Case: Ferrell v. Northwest
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