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DWC Seeks Comments on 2023 Research Agenda
The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is accepting comments on the proposed fiscal year 2023 research agenda for the Workers’ Compensation Research and Evaluation Group. The group is proposing the following…
New Law Limits Work-From-Home Injuries in Comp
A first-of-its-kind law in Ohio gives employees who work from home parameters for what constitutes a work-related injury outside of the employer’s physical domain, an issue that has been raised…
Report Shows Rise in Expensive Topical Medications
The number of injured workers using topical medications rose 4.7% in 2021, according to a report released Tuesday by Enlyte Group LLC subsidiary Mitchell International Inc. The latest report follows one…
Privette Doctrine Bars Employee of Contractor From Bringing Personal Injury Suit
A California appellate court ruled that the Privette doctrine barred a contractor’s employee from bringing suit against his employer’s client for his injuries from a fall. Case: McCullar v. SMC Contracting…
Trial Court Can’t Decide Arbitrability of Worker’s Claims
A Texas appellate court ruled that a dispute between an injured worker and her employer over the arbitrability of her injury claims had to be resolved by an arbitrator. Case: CHG…
Court Upholds Dismissal of Lawsuit for Worker’s Fatal Fall
A Texas appellate court upheld the dismissal of a family’s lawsuit against a truck driver’s employer for his fatal injuries from a fall off the top of his tanker. Case: Garcia…
BWC Administrator Hudgens Retires After 11 Years
Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Administrator Abbie Hudgens retired today after leading the agency for the last 11 years. Abbie Hudgens The Department of Labor and Workforce Development on Tuesday said Hudgens…
Split Court Says Worker’s Failure to Join Claims Result in Forfeiture
A divided Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s failure to join a second injury to a pending claim resulted in a forfeiture of the second injury claim. Case: Rodarte…
Agent Faces Additional Charge of Pocketing Premium Refunds
The Georgia Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire announced that Kerri Monroe has been charged with one additional count of reporting and disposition of premiums. The charge is in…
Senate Passes COVID-19, PTSD Presumption Measures
The California Senate passed bills that would extend COVID-19 presumptions for another year and expand the list of first responders eligible for a presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is work-related. The…
Employer Can’t Compel Injured Worker to Answer Inquiries Into Immigration Status
A California appellate court ruled that an employer was not entitled to compel an injured worker to provide discovery responses to inquiries into his immigration status. Case: Manuel v. Superior Court…
Court Overturns Denial of Disability Retirement Benefits to Former Police Officer With PTSD
An Arizona appellate court overturned a denial of accidental disability retirement benefits to a police officer for his post-traumatic stress disorder. Case: Russell v. City of Sierra Vista Public Safety Personnel…