Workers' Compensation

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) recently released a comprehensive study examining "mega claims" in workers' compensation insurance. of all workers' compensation claims fall into the "mega claim" category, they account for over 2% of total loss dollars, exceeding $1 billion annually.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JULY 4, 2024

The apparent rise in mental disability claims is a significant issue for disability insurers and workers’ compensation systems. The observed rise in workers’ compensation claims for mental injury must be interpreted in context. Handwringing over costs often misses this underlying premise.

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The Workcomp Writer

JULY 26, 2024

State of California , S279622, 2024 Cal. LEXIS XXX (July 25, 2024)]. This constitutional provision gives the Legislature “plenary power, unlimited by any provision of this Constitution” to create a workers’ compensation system.

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The Workcomp Writer

MARCH 25, 2024

Noah’s Playloft Preschool , 2024 N.C. 22, 2024)]. Background Plaintiff Robin Kluttz-Ellison, employed at Noah’s Playloft Preschool, filed two workers’ compensation claims alleging that she had sustained injuries in two separate incidents. LEXIS 152 (Mar. City of Charlotte , 234 N.C. 86, 91, 66 S.E.2d

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Empuls

JUNE 21, 2024

Moreover, 56% of the workers participated in the plans. The research also revealed that up to 77% of workers with access to employer-sponsored benefits, chose to participate in the program, increasing the take-up rate. This is applicable up to a maximum salary of $275,000 in 2024.    Citations  1. link]   2.

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The Workcomp Writer

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

In a significant decision that reinforces the rights of workers with long-latency occupational diseases within the Keystone State, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania has affirmed in relevant part a trial court’s final judgment awarding a deceased worker’s estate more than $2.3 17, 2024)]. Lenox Instrument Co. LEXIS 403 (Sept.

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Florida Workers' Comp

JANUARY 11, 2024

In 2018 Forum Recap and Professionalism (April 2018) ; 2015 Frierson-Colling Professionalism Award (2015), I had the chance to discuss professionalism and The Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Section's efforts to recognize it in their members. Myers who was a legend in Florida workers' compensation before my time.

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Workers' Compensation

JUNE 17, 2024

Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia filed the legislation to institute additional workers' compensation supplemental benefits on June 13, 2024, and Assemblyman Inganamort co-sponsored it. Bill does not affect existing offsets between workers' compensation and Social Security disability benefits.

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Workers' Compensation

JANUARY 24, 2024

Long COVID continues to impact the lives of US workers. For some, the change in job status can affect health insurance and workers’ compensation benefits, which can further treatment options. held a Hearing on Thursday, January 18, 2024, titled “Addressing Long COVID: Advancing Research and Improving Patient Care.”

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Workers' Compensation

APRIL 5, 2022

For decades workers and bystanders have been exposed to asbestos fiber and have tragically suffered asbestos-related diseases and death flowing from exposure to asbestos fiber. EPA released the draft scope for the second part of the asbestos risk evaluation in December 2021 and will publish the final risk evaluation by December 1, 2024.

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Workers' Compensation

JANUARY 17, 2024

NJ Governor Phil Murphy signed A-5909/S-4267 , which revises workers' compensation coverage for certain injuries to certain volunteer and professional public safety and law enforcement personnel. This law will bring more fairness to the workers compensation system.” 2024 Update In Press. All rights reserved.

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The Workcomp Writer

JUNE 18, 2024

Alco Harvesting, LLC , 2024 Cal. LEXIS 380 (June 17, 2024)]. The case now returns to the trial court, where the widow will have the opportunity to prove her allegations and potentially hold the employer accountable outside the workers’ compensation system for its alleged role in her husband’s death.

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The Workcomp Writer

MARCH 12, 2024

As I point out below, boards’ and commissions’ broad use of lump-summing can sometimes undermine the core philosophy of workers’ compensation as a means of replacing a portion of lost earnings. Within the workers’ compensation context, the issues are more complex and nuanced. Instruction/ Buncombe Cnty. LEXIS 176 (Mar.

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Workers' Compensation

DECEMBER 6, 2024

A recent study about the impact of legal representation on workers' compensation benefits found that having an attorney representing an injured worker increases benefits. The report discusses the causal effect of attorney involvement on the indemnity benefits workers receive after their injuries. ORDER NOW. *

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Workers' Compensation

MAY 6, 2025

Rice Enterprises sought coverage under its insurance policies, specifically a Workers' Compensation and Employers' Liability policy from Zenith Insurance Company and a Commercial Umbrella liability policy from RSUI Indemnity Company. 4: This exclusion barred coverage for obligations imposed by workers' compensation law or similar laws.

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Workers' Compensation

JANUARY 8, 2025

Key Legal Issues: Workers' Compensation Exclusivity Rule: This rule generally bars employees from suing their employers for workplace injuries covered by workers' compensation. The purpose is to provide a swift and certain system for compensating injured workers while limiting employer liability for retaliatory firing.

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The Workcomp Writer

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Personal Observation In 1977, I stood before the North Carolina Industrial Commission as a young workers’ compensation defense attorney, barely a year into practice, challenging a deputy commissioner’s credibility determination. Beauchamp , 2024 Ark. Workers' Comp. Suggs, 352 So. 2d 44 (Fla. 3d 901 (1990)].

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The Workcomp Writer

OCTOBER 21, 2024

127,123, 2024 Kan. 18, 2024)]. She received medical and temporary disability benefits under Montana’s workers’ compensation system and continued working in Montana until 2020, when she moved back to Kansas. Comment As we note in Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law , § 143.01, et seq. Healthcenter Nw.,

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The Workcomp Writer

JANUARY 23, 2025

The case began its journey through the states workers compensation system: first to Deputy Commissioner Stephenson, who, after a hearing on September 10, 1975, found the claim compensable and awarded benefits. But in 1971, such cases fell into a troublesome gap in North Carolinas workers compensation framework.

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Workers' Compensation

JANUARY 24, 2025

This can increase the risk of occupational illnesses and injuries among employees, leading to higher workers' compensation claims. Impact on Workers' Compensation Claims: Delayed disease recognition and inadequate workplace safety measures can lead to an increase in workplace illnesses and injuries. All rights reserved.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 10, 2025

At a recent personal injury/disability management conference, a panel moderator told delegates, The topics on our agenda today are strikingly similar to those on the conference agenda from a decade ago (Rebecca Harris, GM Regulatory Services WorkCover WA at PIEF Conference, Perth: October 2024 [paraphrased]). 1952) Workmens compensation law.

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Workers' Compensation

MARCH 19, 2025

Changes within the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could have negative economic repercussions for states that rely on a loophole that allows workers' compensation insurance carriers to benefit from Social Security Disability payments through reverse offsets. DOGE Changes: Workers' Comp Costs Rise?,

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Workers' Compensation

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

9/28/2024 Bird Flu Strikes Colorado Poultry Workers: CDC Confirms 7/28/2024 Is the workers' compensation system ready for the COVID-19 [coronavirus] virus? When Skeptics Lead: The Next Pandemic Challenge, www.gelmans.com (11/27/2024) [link]. ORDER NOW. * All rights reserved.

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