Law Amends Employer Duty to Furnish Medical Attention
A Virginia House bill was signed into law last week that amends the state workers’ compensation law on employers’ duty to furnish medical attention and raises the cost limit for employers.
HB…
Genex Expands Catastrophic Injury Services
Genex Services LLC, an Enlyte Group LLC company, announced on Monday an expansion of its catastrophic injury services through the rollout of its Catastrophic Injury Management and Crisis Response programs.
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Split Court Upholds Finding of Timeliness for Worker’s Grievance Form
A divided North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that a worker timely filed an administrative grievance of his separation from employment even though an electronic copy of the form was…
Court Rejects FELA Case Based on Worker’s Claim of Exhaustion
A Texas appellate court rejected a worker’s claim under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act blaming a railway for his injuries from a fall that he attributed to his fatigue from…
Deaf Worker With Disabling Knee Injuries Can’t Get PTD Benefits From 2nd Injury Fund
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that the Second Injury Fund was not liable for the payment of permanent total disability benefits to a deaf worker after two knee injuries left…
NAIC Adopts Standard for Reporting Climate Risks
A bipartisan group of state insurance regulators on Friday adopted a new standard for insurers to report their climate-related risks in line with the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures.
The…