Lawmakers in Maryland are considering a workers’ compensation presumption for first responders, public safety employees and health care workers who have suffered a COVID-19 infection
… Read more »A Texas appellate court withdrew its prior decision on the viability of a tanning salon worker’s tort claims against her alleged employers and issued a
… Read more »The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation withdrew a regulatory proposal to update a compensation notice commonly referred to as the “broken arm poster.”
In September,
… Read more »A Florida appellate court upheld a denial of a worker’s request for reimbursement for a medically necessary surgical procedure since he obtained the treatment without
… Read more »The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that a clarification of the cut-off date for a change in determining the liability of the Second Injury Fund for permanent
… Read more »Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon approved the annual loss cost filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance reducing workers’ compensation rates.
The rate cut
… Read more »A Workers' Compensation Commission decision summarily denying a request to reopen or modify a claim is not subject to judicial review, Maryland's highest court ruled.
… Read more »The Tennessee Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation published a summary of significant decisions the state’s high court issued in 2021.
The report includes a synopsis
… Read more »The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation announced the number of indemnity claims for COVID-19 fell again in November to the lowest point since March 2020.
… Read more »A Louisiana appellate court revived a worker’s claim for benefits against the owner of a property whom she identified as being one of her employers.
… Read more »Sep 2-4, 2025
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