Legislation introduced in the Connecticut House of Representatives would extend the duration of partial incapacity benefits and create a new fine for medical providers that
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A New York appellate court upheld the denial of an injured nurse’s request for reclassification to permanent total disability or total industrial disability due to
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A New York appellate court upheld a worker’s forfeiture of benefits and permanent disqualification from receiving future benefits for concealing his employment as a constable in Pennsylvania.
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The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation board of directors approved an 8% rate cut for private employers.
The BWC said the reduction is expected to
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A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims from being struck by a falling drywall.
Case: Connor v. AMA
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A New York appellate court upheld a finding that a nurse had only a partial disability from an assault by a psychiatric patient and that
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Maine acting Superintendent of Insurance Timothy Schott announced the approval a National Council on Compensation Insurance filing that proposes an average loss cost decrease of 11.9%.
The
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an occupational disease that manifests more than four years after an employee's last exposure to hazards causing that
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The Nebraska Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a worker who sustains injuries along the same extremity can be considered to have suffered a "loss or
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Vermont lawmakers are proposing to expand workers' compensation eligibility to additional classes of state employees diagnosed with job-related post-traumatic stress disorder.
Police officers, firefighters and
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