The Kentucky Court of Appeals overturned a determination that a prison worker was entitled to disability retirement benefits for his psychiatric conditions.
Case: Kentucky Public
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Stephen J. Klingel, who retired as president and CEO of the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. in 2016, has died, the organization said Tuesday.
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill that, among other things, raises the minimum age for workers' compensation judges to 35 from 30.
The governor
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Mitch Steiger was reappointed to the Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation for a term that runs through December 2028.
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An Ohio appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for an employer that found a worker was not entitled to benefits for his injuries from
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A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker with injuries from falling off a scaffold.
Case: Lopes v. County of Suffolk,
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The Texas Department of Insurance announced that it adopted a National Council on Compensation Insurance recommendation to reduce the average advisory loss cost by 11.5%,
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to benefits for occipital neuritis following a head injury.
Case: ACNR Resources
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The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits for a worker’s alleged psychological injuries stemming from a disciplinary investigation into his conduct.
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The California Assembly Insurance Committee scheduled an April 23 hearing for comp bills that would mandate standardized forms for med-legal evaluations, expand financial interest disclosure
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