WCD Proposes Rules to Implement HB 4138
The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division is holding a hearing at the end of November to gather public testimony on rules to implement House Bill 4138.
The bill enacted in March requires…
DLI Reports EDI Defect That’s Rejecting Transactions
The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry announced that its Work Comp Campus claims system has an electronic data interchange defect that is rejecting transactions.
System users who receive an EDI error…
Divided Court of Appeals Denies Accidental Disability Benefits to Injured Officer
New York’s highest court ruled that a known condition that is a risk of the work site cannot be the cause of an accident compensable under the Retirement and Social…
High Court Says Unaccrued Portions of Nonschedule Award Do Not Pass to Worker’s Heirs
New York’s highest court ruled that unaccrued portions of a nonschedule award do not pass to the beneficiaries of injured employees who die from causes unrelated to the work injury.
Case:…
Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Closure of Worker’s Claim, Denial of Reopening
The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld the closure of an injured worker’s claim and the denial of her request to reopen it.
Case: Gibson v. Cabela’s Inc., No. 21-0430, 10/18/2022,…