Including the cost of claims for COVID-19 in California employers’ experience rating calculations should serve as a financial incentive for businesses to take appropriate and
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A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of a chiropractor’s defamation claim against the California Insurance Guarantee Association and its claims administrator for mistakenly identifying
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The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that a worker is entitled to compensation for the full measure of impairment where it is caused in material part,
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A federal court on Thursday asked California’s Supreme Court to assess whether the derivative injury doctrine prohibits a civil claim against an employer when a
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The Governing Committee for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Wednesday voted to recommend that California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara increase the advisory pure
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A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s tort claim against a grocery store she had previously identified as her employer in a
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A narrowly divided Superior Court of Pennsylvania overturned a grant of summary judgment to two corporate entities who asserted a statutory employer defense to an
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits to a worker for his hearing loss, since he did not submit any valid audiometric
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A Southern California judge dismissed fraud charges in an alleged $100 million compound cream scam at Landmark Medical Management that prosecutors claimed caused the wrongful
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A California appellate court upheld a restitution award for the girlfriend of a worker who was killed while working for an uninsured employer during a
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