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Supreme Court Adopts Traveling Employee Doctrine, Remands Case for Fact-Finding
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court formally adopted the traveling employee doctrine and addressed its parameters before remanding a case for further factual findings on whether a salesman abandoned his work for the…
Retired Police Officer Gets Partial Commutation of Benefits
The Appellate Court of Connecticut upheld an administrative decision allowing a former police officer to receive a lump-sum payment of a portion of his award of permanent partial disability benefits. Case:…
Commissioner Approves 5.3% Rate Cut
The New Jersey Commissioner of Banking and Insurance approved a 5.3% decrease in rates for policies incepting on or after Jan. 1. The New Jersey Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau recommended…
Worker With Head Injury Gets Interim Award of Benefits
The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a worker with a head injury was entitled to interim benefits until her claim for reinstatement of compensation could be adjudicated. Case: Wetch v.
AP Keenan Names Bordan Darm, Scott Carpenter as Strategic Benefits Consultants
California insurance brokerage and consulting firm AP Keenan named Bordan Darm and Scott Carpenter as public agency strategic benefits consultants for the Municipalities, Colleges, Schools Insurance Group, the San Mateo…
TMIC Elects Two Directors
Texas Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Lexi Elliott and William Quinn were elected to its board of directors. Lexi Elliott Elliott founded Cadence Talent Resources in 2017, where she continues to…
WCRI Finds Medical Payments Per Claim Among Highest in Badger State
Medical payments per claim with more than seven days of lost time in Wisconsin were among the highest of the 18 states analyzed by the Workers Compensation Research Institute for…
Supreme Court Awards PTD Benefits to Worker, Upholds Denial of Reimbursement for Surgery
The Alaska Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to permanent total disability benefits after a back injury and several unsuccessful efforts to alleviate his pain, but he…
House Passes Vaccine Side Effect Presumption
Injuries resulting from employer-mandated vaccinations against COVID-19 would be covered by workers’ compensation under a bill a panel of Idaho lawmakers passed Tuesday. The move comes as the federal government is…
Court Rules Worker Didn’t Abandon Workforce While Pregnant or Following Birth
An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to temporary total disability compensation for a period of time in which she did not work while pregnant and after…
WCB Posts Updates on Special Fund Reimbursement, Formulary Requirements
The New York Workers’ Compensation Board announced that refills and renewals of prescriptions must comply with the formulary when its new business information system launches next year, and it identified…
WCIRB Holding Webinar on Frictional Costs
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau will discuss frictional cost drivers in California at a Dec. 8 webinar. Tony Milano Tony Milano, vice president of actuarial services for the WCIRB, will…