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The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits for a worker who experienced issues on his left side after a back injury before symptoms shifted to his right side after surgery.
Craig Ivester worked for XPO Logistics. He reported back pain after offloading weight from a tractor-trailer in June 2016.
A magnetic resonance imaging scan showed that Ivester had a disc protrusion at the L5-S1. He underwent surgery… Read more »
The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a worker’s mental health treatment after her on-the-job injury.
Case: Virginia Commonwealth University v. Miller, No. 1859-23-2, 08/20/2024, unpublished.
Facts: Sabrina Miller worked for Virginia Commonwealth University. She suffered injuries at work in December 2017.
Surgery alleviated some of her radiating pain, but she… Read more »
A federal appellate court ruled that a worker’s claim that his employer’s health plan administrator violated Illinois law was preempted by federal law.
Case: Carnes v. HMO Louisiana Inc., No. 4:22-cv-04179, 08/20/2024, published.
Facts: Paul Carnes worked for Consolidated Grain and Barge Co. In 2019, he was diagnosed with and began receiving treatment for… Read more »News: WEST
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A New York appellate court ruled that an injury compensation fund was entitled to reimbursement from an insurance carrier of a motorist who caused an accident.
Case: In the Matter of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. New York Black Car Operators' Injury Compensation Fund, No. 2022-04828, 08/21/2024, published.
Facts:… Read more »
The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries said a Seattle construction company is facing $155,300 in fines for knowingly putting workers at serious risk of injury or death by using a crane to lift them after an elevator broke down.
The department said it cited and fined Lane Construction Corp. in July after workers used a crane lift to get in and out of a 95-foot vertical shaft at a construction site for… Read more »
The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations proposed rules to implement the various provisions of a multifaceted 2023 bill that made a host of changes to the state’s workers’ compensation law.
The governor signed Senate Bill 274 on June 16, 2023.
Among other things, the division said the bill requires its administrator to adopt regulations prescribing the form in which a list of physicians and… Read more »
The average combined ratio for the workers' compensation line is expected to rise to the “mid-90s or higher” in 2024 after nearly a decade of record lows, “given flat or declining premium volume, potential for rising claims costs from medical inflation, and a reduction in favorable reserve development,” according to a report released Thursday by Fitch Ratings Inc.
The comp line is the… Read more »
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