03/29/2024
Workplace Safety and Labor Market Inequality" concluded that both indoor and outdoor high temperatures increase work injury risk.
Although there is no current federal indoor heat standard Oregon and Minnesota have some regs on indoor heat.
Clearly California's huge current budget
Category: Industry Insights
09/01/2023
WORKERS COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
RONALD THEUS Applicant
vs.
MELODY EXPRESS ILLEGALLY UNINSURED;
UNINSURED EMPLOYERS BENEFITS TRUST FUND Defendants
Adjudication Number ADJ424792 FRE0241357
Fresno District Office
OPINION AND DECISION AFTER RECONSIDERATION
We previously
Category: Panel
08/01/2023
WORKERS COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
LORITTA LUCIO-COFFELT Applicant
vs.
SKYWEST AIRLINES; ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
administered by SEDGWICK CLAIMS MANAGEMENT Defendants
Adjudication Numbers ADJ15305006 ADJ15305021
San Francisco District Office
OPINION AND DECISION
Category: Panel
12/01/2022
WORKERS COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
EVAN MOORE Applicant
vs.
CLEVELAND BROWNS permissibly self-insured; SEATTLE SEAHAWKS permissibly
self-insured co CCMSI; PHILADELPHIA EAGLES and GREEN BAY PACKERS
GREAT DIVIDE INSURANCE COMPANY co BERKLEY ENTERTAINMENT
Defendants
Category: Panel
11/23/2022
New Jersey maintained its spot as the most expensive state for purchasing workers compensation coverage in the latest biennial rate ranking by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services.
And while the top half of the list remains populated by usual suspects including California
Category: News
09/30/2022
An Oregon State University study found an association with increasing temperatures and increased rates of injury claims that were more pronounced among workers in the agricultural and construction sectors.
The study analyzed about 92000 accepted claims and found that the injury incident ratio
Category: News
09/01/2022
WORKERS COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
JACK RIEGER Applicant
vs.
FOX SPORTS 1 LLC; DISCOVERY RETRAVELERS USF&G administered by
GALLAGHER BASSETT SERVICES Defendants
Adjudication Number ADJ11670075
Van Nuys District Office
OPINION AND DECISION
AFTER RECONSIDERATION
We
Category: Panel
07/01/2022
Board also concluded that the applicants were regularly employed in
California. The applicants were residents of Oregon and sustained injuries in Wisconsin while
employed as truck drivers. Id. at p. 439. Defendants principal place of business was California.
Id. at p. 439. The applicants were
Category: Panel
05/27/2022
Virginia saw increases or decreases of more than 10 in overall prices paid following major fee schedule changes during the study period.
Additional states covered by the study include California New Jersey Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. The study also covers Alabama Arkansas Colorado Connecticut
Category: News
05/01/2022
which included coverage in California by
a NORTH-WEST from September 17 1983 through April 1 1984 having already been
liquidated by the OREGON INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION hereinafter
OIGA effective November 23 1999.
b FIRST HORIZON from April 1 1984 through September 17 1984
Category: Panel