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Thursday, September 1, 2022

DWC Seeks Comments on 2023 Research Agenda

  • State: Texas
  • Topic: SOUTH
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The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is accepting comments on the proposed fiscal year 2023 research agenda for the Workers’ Compensation Research and Evaluation Group.

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Thursday, September 1, 2022

Court Upholds Dismissal of Lawsuit for Worker's Fatal Fall

  • State: Texas
  • Topic: SOUTH
  • - Popular with: Insurance
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A Texas appellate court upheld the dismissal of a family’s lawsuit against a truck driver’s employer for his fatal injuries from a fall off the

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Thursday, September 1, 2022

Trial Court Can't Decide Arbitrability of Worker's Claims

  • State: Texas
  • Topic: SOUTH
  • - Popular with: Employer
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A Texas appellate court ruled that a dispute between an injured worker and her employer over the arbitrability of her injury claims had to be

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Wednesday, August 31, 2022

BWC Administrator Hudgens Retires After 11 Years

  • State: Tennessee
  • Topic: SOUTH
  • - Popular with: Vendor
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Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Administrator Abbie Hudgens retired today after leading the agency for the last 11 years.

Abbie Hudgens

The

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Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Split Court Says Worker's Failure to Join Claims Results in Forfeiture

  • State: Kentucky
  • Topic: SOUTH
  • - Popular with: Legal
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A divided Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s failure to join a second injury to a pending claim resulted in a forfeiture of

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Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Agent Faces Additional Charge of Pocketing Premium Refunds

  • State: Georgia
  • Topic: SOUTH
  • - Popular with: Legal
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The Georgia Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire announced that Kerri Monroe has been charged with one additional count of reporting and disposition

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

DWC: COVID Claims Drove 24% Jump in Frequency

  • State: Texas
  • Topic: SOUTH
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The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation reported that claim frequency is up 24% during the 28 months of the pandemic compared to the two-plus years

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Employer, Carrier Can Enforce Settlement, Collect From Attorney's Trust Account

  • State: Louisiana
  • Topic: SOUTH
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A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an employer and its insurance carrier should have been allowed to enforce a settlement agreement and collect reimbursement from

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Supreme Court Says Worker Can Proceed With Bad Faith Claim Against Carrier

  • State: Mississippi
  • Topic: SOUTH
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A unanimous Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker’s settlement with his employer exhausted his administrative remedies and that he could proceed with a

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Monday, August 29, 2022

OSHA Cites Labor Contractor After Farmworker Dies From Heat Illness

  • State: Florida
  • Topic: SOUTH
  • - Popular with: Legal
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A federal workplace safety investigation revealed that a 35-year-old farmworker died from heat illness on a Duette, Florida, farm in April 2022, the U.S. Occupational

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