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General Assembly Passes Group Self-Insurance Bills
The Virginia General Assembly passed a bill that would allow group self-insurance associations to merge. Del. William C. Wampler The Senate on Feb. 16 voted 40-0 to pass HB 2418, by…
Supreme Court Won’t Allow Defendant to Challenge Widow’s Standing
The Alabama Supreme Court declined to grant mandamus relief to allow a defendant in a workers' compensation/wrongful death action to amend an answer to raise a previously omitted affirmative defense. Case:…
High Court Revives Paraplegic Taxi Driver’s Claim for Benefits
The Kentucky Supreme Court unanimously overturned a denial of benefits to a taxi driver who was paralyzed from being shot by a passenger, expressly adopting the “economic realities test” for determining if…
Supreme Court Orders Judge to Relinquish Jurisdiction Over City’s Premium Dispute With BWC
The Ohio Supreme Court ordered a lower court's judge to give up jurisdiction over a city’s suit against the state Bureau of Workers' Compensation challenging its premium calculation methods. In 2013,…
Bill Would Expand PTSD Comp Presumptions
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 ambulance workers are already covered under…
Kipper Returning as Insurance Commissioner
Scott Kipper is returning to helm the Nevada Division of Insurance, effective Feb. 27, Department of Business and Industry Director Terry J. Reynolds announced Tuesday. Scott Kipper Kipper will succeed Barbara…
Construction Firm Owner Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy Charge
Federal prosecutors in Florida announced that the owner of a construction company pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud stemming from allegations that he falsified payroll…
Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Injured Worker’s Retaliatory Termination Claim
A Texas appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of an injured worker’s claim of retaliation. Case: Tovar v. Wright-Way Maintenance LLC, No. 12-22-00078-CV, 02/15/2023, published. Facts: Wright-Way Maintenance LLC is a property…
Multiple Injuries on Same Extremity Can Constitute Injury to More than 1 ‘Member’
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 loss of use of more…
Owner of Lawn Care Business Found Guilty of Theft
A Kentucky man pleaded guilty to one count of theft for collecting more than $11,000 in disability benefits while operating his lawn care business, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced. Michael…
Bill Would Increase Employer-Paid Comp Legal Fees
The amount of money that employers would need to front for employee discovery costs in workers' compensation cases that go to settlement would increase, under a measure introduced Thursday by…
Temporary Worker’s AWW Properly Calculated by Averaging Hours Worked, Varying Pay
The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld the calculation of a temporary worker’s average weekly wages by averaging the number of hours worked and the varying rates of pay he received.