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Tuesday, October 29, 2024
- State: Texas
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The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is accepting comments on the 2025 Medical Quality Review Annual Audit Plan through Nov. 22.
The annual plan establishes
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- State: Texas
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The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation announced that the gross annual payroll requirements for coverage of seasonal workers will increase 3.9% next year.
Seasonal workers
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- State: Kentucky
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The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the denial of coverage for a worker’s opioid medication.
Case: Howell v. Floyd County Board of Education, No. 2024-CA-0122-WC,
… Read more »Friday, October 25, 2024
- State: Florida
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Federal prosecutors in Florida announced that five people were indicted on fraud charges for an alleged labor contracting scheme that was structured to avoid payroll
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- State: Kentucky
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The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the calculation of a worker’s average weekly wage that includes a lump sum of vacation pay with her wages, and
… Read more »Wednesday, October 23, 2024
- State: Texas
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Federal workplace safety regulators fined a Texas manufacturer and designer of school furniture, saying the company could have prevented an injury by installing machine guards.
… Read more »Wednesday, October 23, 2024
- State: Arkansas
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The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker was not permanently and totally disabled by the loss of her left eye.
Case:
… Read more »Tuesday, October 22, 2024
- State: Mississippi
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A split Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker’s compensable right-foot injury did not leave her permanently and totally disabled and that her
… Read more »Tuesday, October 22, 2024
- State: Louisiana
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A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an injured firefighter’s benefits were wrongly reduced and that he was entitled to full reinstatement, plus an award of
… Read more »Monday, October 21, 2024
- State: Alabama
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Federal workplace safety officials fined an Alabama countertop installation company $29,035, saying it could have prevented a worker's death by following federal safety standards.
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