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Work Comp Bills Head to Governor's Desk
04/03/2024
increase over the current testing range of 500 hertz to 3000 hertz and it would require tinnitus to be considered part of a covered workers hearing loss.
The House also voted 136-1 to pass SB 476 by Senate President Bill Ferguson D-Baltimore. The bill would create a presumption that thyroid colon
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Bills Propose Penalty for Unreasonable Denial, Presumption of Compensability After 90 Days
03/27/2024
Rep. Sylvia Taylor D-Laplace introduced HB 765 which would create a rebuttable presumption that a claim is compensable 90 days following the date of an accident.
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Amended Bill Would Tap Revolving Fund to Pay for Heat Injury Presumption
03/26/2024
A one-time transfer of 5 million from the Workers Compensation Administration Revolving Fund would be used to establish an account to cover administrative costs associated with a proposed heat injury presumption for California farmworkers under a recently amended bill.
Sen. Dave Cortese D
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Senate Passes Bill to Expand Cancer Presumption
03/18/2024
which would presume that thyroid colon and ovarian cancer were caused by contact with a toxic substance in the line of duty.
The presumption would apply to firefighters and firefighting instructors rescue squad members members of advanced life support units and fire marshals.
Maryland law
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Heirs of Cancer-Stricken Firefighter Not Entitled to Presumption
03/12/2024
A Texas appellate court overturned an award of benefits to the heirs of a firefighter who died from pancreatic cancer finding they were not entitled to a statutory presumption that the firefighters cancer developed during the course and scope of his employment.
Case City of Stephenville v
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Supreme Court Upholds PTD Award Despite Evidence of Possible Symptom Magnification
03/04/2024
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Procedural history The Office of Judges found that M.B. was entitled to a statutory presumption of permanent total disability because he has an aggregate permanent disability of more than 85.
Under West Virginia law a single or aggregate permanent disability of 85 or more entitles the employee to a
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No Benefits for Truck Driver Due to Positive Drug Test
02/27/2024
admissible and that Davis did not overcome the statutory presumption of intoxication.
The commissioner affirmed as did a district court judge.
The Iowa Court of Appeals said Iowa Code Section 730.5 regulates drug testing in private workplaces. One of the requirements imposed is that test
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Amended Bill Would Create Presumption for All Law Enforcement Injuries
02/26/2024
A policy committee in the Utah House of Representatives unanimously passed an amended bill that would create a rebuttable presumption that all law enforcement injuries are compensable.
The House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee on Thursday voted 7-0 to pass HB 368.
As
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Bridal Shop Worker Gets Benefits for COVID-19 Infection
02/23/2024
providers could not offer a conclusive opinion as to where Leonard contracted COVID-19 the court said the testimony credited by the board combined with the statutory presumption sufficiently established that she contracted COVID-19 at work from a colleague.
Disposition Affirmed.
To read the
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Senate Passes Reform Bill
02/22/2024
instead of the fourth edition.
The measure would also require injured workers to provide clear and convincing evidence of the need for future medical treatment to rebut the presumption that the employers liability for medical ends when the worker reaches MMI.
The bill now goes to the state House of
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