The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that an insurance carrier could not terminate a worker’s benefits for failing to attend an appointment with her authorized
… Read more »The United Farm Workers claims that the heat-related death of a 59-year-old field worker in California’s Central Valley illustrates a problem with workplace safety regulations
… Read more »California workers’ compensation employer carve-out organization Samuel Hale announced the appointment of George Knowles as its new chief financial officer.
Knowles, in addition to serving
… Read more »The New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration is looking to fill a vacancy that will be created when an administrative law judge in Albuquerque retires in
… Read more »The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California updated the loss elimination ratios used to compute classification relativities in the recently approved Sept. 1 regulatory
… Read more »The California Assembly Appropriations Committee passed a bill requiring in-state licensing for doctors performing utilization reviews for those injured working for private employers.
The committee
… Read more »The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries fined Amazon $85,800 for allegedly exposing workers to the risk of injury at a fulfillment center in
… Read more »An Oregon appellate court upheld the denial of a sheepherder’s claim for benefits for his appendicitis.
Case: In the Matter of Compensation of Vilca-Inga, Nos.
… Read more »Gov. Katie Hobbs appointed Gaetano "Guy" Testini as the new director of the Industrial Commission of Arizona.
Testini has worked
… Read more »In a case of first impression, the Oregon Court of Appeals clarified the burden of proof on an employer to rebut the presumption of industrial
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