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Monday, April 10, 2023

High Court Upholds Compensability of Electrician's Leukemia From Benzene Exposure

  • State: West Virginia
  • Topic: SOUTH
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The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld an award of benefits to an electrician who developed leukemia after years of exposure to benzene.

Case: Chapman

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Monday, April 10, 2023

Supreme Court Revisits Worker's Ability to Collect UM Benefits for Accident Caused by Colleague

  • State: South Carolina
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The South Carolina Supreme Court revisited its ruling on the determination of the amount a plaintiff is "legally entitled to recover" from an underinsured motorist provision

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Monday, April 10, 2023

State Increasing Number of Workers Covered by Comp

  • State: Texas
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Eighty-three percent of employees in Texas are covered by workers’ compensation, the highest percentage in more than a decade, according to data released Thursday by

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Friday, April 7, 2023

No Additional Benefits for Worker Lacking Credibility

  • State: Delaware
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The Delaware Superior Court upheld a denial of a worker’s claim for additional benefits and an order allowing his employer to set aside its acceptance of

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Friday, April 7, 2023

Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Denial of Claim for Worker With Inconsistent Reports of Injury

  • State: West Virginia
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The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a denial of benefits for a worker who inconsistently reported an occupational cause of his shoulder complaints.

Case:

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Friday, April 7, 2023

Lawmakers Pass Bill to Treat Hernia as Occupational Disease

  • State: Maryland
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Hernias could be a compensable occupational disease in Maryland, under a bill heading to the governor’s desk.

Sen. Benjamin F. Kramer

The

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Friday, April 7, 2023

Bill to Delay Dissolution of Subsequent Injury Trust Fund Heads to Governor

  • State: Georgia
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Georgia lawmakers passed a bill that would postpone by two years the shuttering of the state’s Subsequent Injury Trust Fund.

Sen. Clint Dixon

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Thursday, April 6, 2023

DWC Transitioning to EDI Release 3.1 Standards on July 26

  • State: Texas
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Insurers and their electronic data interchange are preparing to transition to a new release format for electronically submitting first reports of injury and subsequent reports of

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Thursday, April 6, 2023

DWC Opens Registration for 2023 Workers' Compensation Education Conference

  • State: Texas
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The Texas Department of Insurance’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has opened registration for its 2023 Workers’ Compensation Education Conference, being held July 10-12 in Austin.

This

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Thursday, April 6, 2023

House Passes First Responder Benefits Bill

  • State: Texas
  • Topic: SOUTH
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The Texas state House of Representatives on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that would require local governments to provide full-pay salary continuation benefits to injured

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