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WCD Bulletin Covers Electronic Filing Guidelines
The Alaska Workers' Compensation Division posted a bulletin explaining the requirements for all electronic filings. Documents must be submitted as PDFs, the division said. Images, text files or compressed folders might…
Kellen Booher Joins CopperPoint as President, COO
CopperPoint Insurance Co. on Thursday announced that Kellen Booher will join the Arizona-based carrier on Monday as president and chief operating officer. Kellen Booher Booher comes to CopperPoint from Chubb, where…
Senate Committee to Hear More Comp Bills April 9
California lawmakers on April 9 will hear testimony on measures that would require annual adjustments to wages used to calculate permanent partial disability benefits and on authorizing the Division of Workers'…
Committee Passes First Responder, Stone Manufacturing Safety Bills
The California Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement on Wednesday passed bills to address the safety of workers in stonecutting shops and to modify the special benefits provided…
Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker’s Benefit Requests
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request to reopen his claim for benefits, a request for a foot brace and a referral to an orthopedist. Case: Collins…
Court Revives Third-Party Claims Against Worker’s Employer
A New York appellate court overturned the dismissal of the third-party claims by a group of Labor Law defendants against an allegedly injured worker’s employer. Case: Rahmonov v. Purves Development LLC,…
No Benefits for Worker’s Alleged Injuries From Construction Site Fall
The Colorado Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a worker’s benefits claim for alleged injuries from a fall at a construction site. Case: Fottrell v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office, No.
Amended Bill Proposes SIBTF Changes, New Name for Program
Substantial evidence establishing the existence of a permanent partial disability predating a subsequent compensable injury would be required for injured workers to qualify for benefits from California's second injury fund…
Board Lacks Jurisdiction to Review Subrogation Agreement
The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Board lacked jurisdiction to review a subrogation agreement among an employer, its carrier and two third-party alleged tortfeasors. Case: Harper…
Property Owners Get Summary Dismissal of Worker’s Labor Law, Negligence Claims
A New York appellate court ruled that the owners of a property were entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s Labor Law and negligence claims against them. Case: Harnisch v. City…
Court Orders Board to Recalculate Fees Owed to Worker’s Attorneys
Hawaii’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned an award of fees to the attorneys for an injured hotel worker, finding that the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations erred in denying…
Worker Fails to Prove Discrete New Injury to Shoulder
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits for a worker’s alleged shoulder injury, finding he failed to prove a new injury as opposed to an aggravation of…