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Thursday, August 22, 2024

DWC Accepts Comments on Rule's Title Change

  • State: Texas
  • Topic: SOUTH
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The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is accepting comments on a proposal to correct a duplicate regulatory section title.

The DWC is proposing to rename

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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Federal Court Sends Worker's Jones Act Claim Back to State Level

  • State: Texas
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A federal appellate court ruled that a worker’s Jones Act claims should be sent back to a Texas state court.

Shanon Roy Santee worked as

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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Vocational School Officials Charged in SJDB Fraud Case

  • State: California
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The owner of a vocational school in Los Angeles was charged with fraud for billing carriers for services not provided and allegedly paying illegal kickbacks

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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

CHP Arrests Former Officer for Suspected Fraud

  • State: California
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The California Highway Patrol announced that a former officer was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of workers’ compensation fraud.

Jordan Lester, 44, filed a work comp

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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

NCCI Files New Experience Rating Plan

  • State: Texas
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The National Council on Compensation Insurance filed a proposed Texas-specific experience rating plan.

NCCI said the new edition of its Experience Rating Plan Manual for

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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Amended Bill Would Allow Employers to Deny Time Off for 'Business Necessity'

  • State: California
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California employers could deny an injured worker’s request for time off to get medical treatment for business necessity, under a recently amended bill.

Sen. John

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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Coal Miner Entitled to Presumption of Total Disability, Gets Black Lung Award

  • State: Utah
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A federal appellate court ruled that a coal miner was entitled to a presumption that he was totally disabled due to pneumoconiosis, and it upheld

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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Supreme Court Allows Worker to Expand Claim

  • State: West Virginia
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West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was entitled to the expansion of his claim to add post-concussional syndrome and post-traumatic headaches.

Case: Murray

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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Crane Service Has Single Citation Reinstated, Another Dismissed

  • State: Kentucky
  • Topic: SOUTH
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The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a citation against a crane service provider but reinstated another.

Case: Secretary of the Education &

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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Self-Insured Parent Co. of Miner's Final Employer Liable for Black Lung Benefits

  • State: District of Columbia
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A federal appellate court upheld the imposition of liability for a coal miner’s Black Lung Benefits Act claim on the self-insured parent of his final

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