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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Commission Approves Rule Allowing Rule Modification for Emergency Orders

  • State: North Carolina
  • Topic: SOUTH
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The North Carolina Industrial Commission now has the authority to modify its rules to conform with emergency orders from the state's chief justice.

The final

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Monday, January 25, 2021

Court Rejects Employer's Challenge to Timeliness of CT Claim

  • State: Kentucky
  • Topic: SOUTH
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The Kentucky Supreme Court unanimously ruled that an assembly line worker’s claim for benefits for cumulative trauma was timely filed.

Case: Ford Motor Co. v. Duckworth,

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Monday, January 25, 2021

Split Supreme Court Denies Benefits for Man Whose Legs 'Gave Out'

  • State: West Virginia
  • Topic: SOUTH
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A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker who allegedly suffered injuries when his legs gave out failed to prove his injuries were the

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Monday, January 25, 2021

Beshear Vetoes Bills Limiting Presumption Order; Override Looms

  • State: Kentucky
  • Topic: SOUTH
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed two bills that would limit a broad COVID-19 workers' compensation presumption order, but Republican lawmakers are expected to try

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Friday, January 22, 2021

High Court Denies Benefits to Server With Possible Meniscal Tear

  • State: West Virginia
  • Topic: SOUTH
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A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a restaurant server was not entitled to benefits for a possible meniscal tear following an on-the-job fall.

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Friday, January 22, 2021

Split Supreme Court Denies Diagnostic MRI, Pain Medication

  • State: West Virginia
  • Topic: SOUTH
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A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a coal mine employee was not entitled to diagnostic testing or pain medication related to a shoulder

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Friday, January 22, 2021

Department Revises Rules on ASC Facility Fees, Implants

  • State: Kentucky
  • Topic: SOUTH
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After receiving comments from stakeholders, the Kentucky Department of Workers' Claims has amended its hospital and ambulatory surgical center fee schedule.

The amendments make a

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Friday, January 22, 2021

Family of First OKC Firefighter to Die From COVID Gets Lump-Sum Settlement

  • State: Oklahoma
  • Topic: SOUTH
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Oklahoma City officials this week cleared the way for workers' compensation benefits for the family of a firefighter who died from COVID-19, but the mayor

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Thursday, January 21, 2021

Widow Fails to Link Alcohol to Injury, Denial of Medical Treatment

  • State: South Carolina
  • Topic: SOUTH
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The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a widow was not entitled to benefits, finding she did not prove that her husband's increased use of

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Thursday, January 21, 2021

Dodrill Reminds Workers, Employers That COVID Claims May Be Compensable

  • State: West Virginia
  • Topic: SOUTH
  • - Popular with: Legal
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West Virginia is not one of the states that have adopted a COVID-19 presumption law or rule, but the state insurance commissioner is reminding virus-sickened

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