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New Jersey maintained its spot as the most expensive state for purchasing workers’ compensation coverage in the latest biennial rate ranking by the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services.
And while the top half of the list remains populated by usual suspects including California, New York and Hawaii, Wyoming came barreling into the top 10 following a more than 29% increase in average costs in 2022.
Average… Read more »
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a nurse’s claim for benefits, finding her ongoing complaints were unrelated to an on-the-job back injury.
Case: Coder v. DOES, No. 21-AA-0190, 11/03/2022, published.
Facts: Jeanne Coder injured her lower back during her employment as a clinical nurse in April 2018. She sought treatment from Dr. Malady Santhosh Kodgi, a pain… Read more »
A South Dakota woman is appealing an administrative decision denying her claim for workers’ compensation death benefits after her husband died from COVID-19 he contracted while working for Smithfield Foods Inc., according to a report by the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.
Attorneys for Karen Franken on Monday argued that Craig Franken’s death in April 2020 was compensable because he died from… Read more »News: NORTH
The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a quadriplegic worker’s suit against an entity that had been involved in the allegedly delayed review of his doctor’s request for surgery.
Case: Keys v. Rehabilitation Inc., No. 2021-CA-01338-COA, 11/01/2022, published.
Facts: Darryl Keys was injured while working as an aircraft mechanic for the… Read more »
A New York appellate court revived a welder’s Labor Law claim against a property owner for her injuries from falling while moving a scaffold.
Case: Musse v. Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, No. 158546/15, 11/03/2022, published.
Facts: The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey owns the Brooklyn Marine Terminal and leased a portion… Read more »A New York appellate court granted partial summary judgment to a worker on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from being struck by a gang box lid.
Case: Cotroneo v. Van Wagner Sign Erectors LLC, No. 162038/15 595393/16 595504/19 596052/20, 11/03/2022, published.
Facts: Cosmo… Read more »
The Workers Compensation Research Institute will host a free 30-minute webinar on Dec. 15 to discuss its recent study, “A Primer on Behavioral Health Care in Workers’ Compensation.”
The report combines stakeholder perspectives with information from treatment guidelines and medical literature to try to form a common… Read more »
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced additional changes to the Hospital Outpatient Departments and Ambulatory Surgical Centers section of the Official Medical Fee Schedule, based on revisions made by Medicare.
The division in October announced it was adopting… Read more »
With Hanukkah and Christmas coming up soon, I thought he’d share another one of the items on my workers’ compensation wish list.
Since it seems that if we eliminated cumulative traumas in California altogether, roughly half the industry would be without a job, how about something a bit more realistic: CT reform.
The frustrating thing about cumulative traumas is… Read more »
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