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Tuesday, October 22, 2024

No Change in Premium Assessment Rate for 2025

  • State: Oregon
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The Oregon Workers' Compensation Division announced that premium assessment rates will remain unchanged in 2025.

The division said the premium assessment rate for 2025 will

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Monday, October 21, 2024

Split Supreme Court Awards PTD Benefits to Worker for Electric Shock Injuries

  • State: South Dakota
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A divided South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that a worker was entitled to permanent total disability benefits for his electric shock injuries, finding he developed

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Monday, October 21, 2024

WCRI Finds Medical Payments 10% Below Median in Golden State

  • State: California
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The Workers Compensation Research Institute reports that average medical payments per claim in California were 10% below the median of a 17-state study.

California saw

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Monday, October 21, 2024

OSHA Fines Company $29,035 After Worker Struck by Stone Slab

  • State: Alabama
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Federal workplace safety officials fined an Alabama countertop installation company $29,035, saying it could have prevented a worker's death by following federal safety standards.

John

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Monday, October 21, 2024

Court Dismisses Carrier's Challenge to Compensability Finding

  • State: Texas
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A Texas appellate court dismissed an insurance carrier’s challenge to a trial judge’s finding of compensability for a worker’s death, ruling that the judgment entered

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Monday, October 21, 2024

CHP Captain Arrested for Alleged Comp Fraud

  • State: California
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The California Highway Patrol announced that a former captain was arrested on suspicion of workers' compensation insurance fraud and theft.

Matthew Stover, 51, was arrested

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Monday, October 21, 2024

No Increase in Worker's PPD Award for Occupational Pneumoconiosis

  • State: West Virginia
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to an increase in his permanent partial disability award for

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Monday, October 21, 2024

Court Upholds 45% SLU for Worker's Knee Injury

  • State: New York
  • Topic: NORTH
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A New York appellate court upheld a 45% schedule loss of use award for a worker’s knee injury.

Case: Matter of Wright v. Elmer W.

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Friday, October 18, 2024

Employer Faces Civil Liability for Fatal Shooting

  • State: Georgia
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The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that an employer can face civil liability for the death of an employee who was shot at work by

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Friday, October 18, 2024

Vocational School Owner Charged With Fraud

  • State: California
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The California Department of Insurance announced that the owner of a private vocational school was charged with 11 felonies for allegedly submitting fraudulent bills to

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