Net written premium increased slightly in 2021 as the workers’ compensation industry enjoyed another year of consistent, stable and strong results, according to figures presented
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The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a police officer involved in a fatal shooting was not entitled to duty disability benefits, but he was entitled
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A Florida appellate court overturned a finding of compensability for a worker left with incomplete tetraplegia from injuries in a car accident while carpooling with
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The Supreme Court of Tennessee’s Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel upheld an award of treatment to a worker who sought care from an unauthorized provider.
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A California appeals court on Wednesday ordered the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board to explain the origin of its “grant-for-study” procedure and why it shouldn’t be
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The Kentucky Supreme Court upheld the application of a statutory three-multiplier to the separate weekly rates of benefits awarded to an injured worker for two
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A Michigan trial court denied the state’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging workers’ compensation regulators are illegally and unconstitutionally denying benefits for occupational injuries
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A person must be in a “compensation status of some sort” to be considered a traveling employee and exempt from the preclusion on claims for
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Employer representatives told California lawmakers that it’s not appropriate to codify gender-based benefit increases into the state’s workers’ compensation law to address gender-based earning disparities.
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The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals upheld a judge’s determination that a worker had suffered a recurrence of a prior compensable injury in an on-the-job
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