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Monday, February 28, 2022

Indoor Mask Mandate Ends

  • State: Illinois
  • Topic: NORTH
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The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that its prior instructions regarding the wearing of masks will end today when the statewide indoor mask mandate terminates.

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Monday, February 28, 2022

Bill Proposes Presumption for Strikers Injured by Goon Squads

  • State: Michigan
  • Topic: NORTH
  • - Popular with: Legal
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If Michigan employers hire private security to forcefully break up labor strikes, any injuries to striking workers would be presumed compensable, under a recently introduced

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Monday, February 28, 2022

BWC Announces 10% Rate Reduction for Private Employers

  • State: Ohio
  • Topic: NORTH
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Private employers in Ohio will pay nearly $106 million less in workers’ compensation premiums in the next fiscal year due to a 10% rate reduction

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Friday, February 25, 2022

Optum Rx to Pay $5.8M for Not Following Pricing Procedures

  • State: Massachusetts
  • Topic: NORTH
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The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office announced that pharmacy benefits manager Optum Rx agreed to pay $5.8 million to settle a claim that it failed to

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Friday, February 25, 2022

Court Sorts Out Liability for Worker's Injuries From Fall in Bathroom

  • State: New York
  • Topic: NORTH
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A New York appellate court ruled that some of the defendants in a Labor Law claim were entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claims

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Friday, February 25, 2022

Court Says Counsel's Communication With Expert Renders Opinion Unreliable

  • State: New York
  • Topic: NORTH
  • - Popular with: Legal
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A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for benefits based on the rejection of a medical expert’s causation opinion as

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Friday, February 25, 2022

Comp Bill Calls for Notification of Discontinued Prescription Payments

  • State: Connecticut
  • Topic: NORTH
  • - Popular with: Legal
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Connecticut lawmakers are pushing for workers' compensation insurers and employers to provide timely notification of discontinued prescriptions for injured workers, under a proposal introduced Thursday.

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Thursday, February 24, 2022

BWC Board, Committees to Meet

  • State: Ohio
  • Topic: NORTH
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The board of directors for the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation will meet Friday to hear reports from committees meeting today.

Stephanie McCloud

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Thursday, February 24, 2022

Goldberg Segalla Adds Cody Austin Karoffa to Firm

  • State: New York
  • Topic: NORTH
  • - Popular with: Legal
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Goldberg Segalla added Cody Austin Karoffa to the firm’s workers’ compensation group in Manhattan.

Cody Austin Karoffa

Karoffa focuses his practice on

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman to Resign

  • State: Pennsylvania
  • Topic: NORTH
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Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman will resign her position Friday, the governor’s office announced.

Commissioner Jessica Altman

Before being appointed insurance commissioner,

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