A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an injured police officer was entitled to supplemental earnings benefits based on his full-time income and the extra-duty assignments
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The California Workers' Compensation Institute said that for the third year in a row, the number and frequency of claims reported by public sector self-insured
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Kids' Chance of America announced a scholarship partnership with Maine-based workers' compensation carrier MEMIC Group.
Kids' Chance will administer MEMIC's Harvey Picker Horizon Scholarship Program,
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Employers in Washington state would be required to continue paying health insurance premiums for injured workers, under bills introduced in the Senate and House of Representatives.
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Arizona lawmakers introduced bills for first responders to create a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder arose from employment, and to eliminate a provision that terminates survivors'
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A Texas appellate court overturned a jury’s verdict for a worker on his retaliation claim, finding that the trial was not held in a proper
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A New York appellate court upheld a partial grant of summary judgment for a worker who was injured when he was pinned between two dumpsters.
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The California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board held in a significant panel decision that deductions from an applicant's permanent and total disability benefits were limited under
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The Appellate Court of Maryland affirmed a circuit ruling holding that Chesapeake Employers' Insurance Co. failed to prove it was entitled to punitive damages from
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Lawmakers in the Mississippi Legislature are weighing two approaches to expanding workers' compensation benefits, setting up a policy debate over benefit levels versus duration.
H.B. 80, introduced
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