Washington Drafting New Ergonomic Rules for Airline Ground Crews October 30, 2024 Scheduled airline ground crews, including baggage handlers and maintenance workers, file injury claims for work-related musculoskeletal disorders at more than...
California Vocational School Owner Charged With Fraud in Workers’ Comp Scheme October 25, 2024 The owner of a Fresno, California-based for-profit vocational school was charged with engaging in fraudulent billing practices related to workers’...
Worker Injured While Drunk on the Job Wins Claim Approval October 18, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A worker injured when he fell from a ladder is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits despite the fact he was...
State Says Exiting Steward Health Lacks Required Insurance for Employees, Physicians October 16, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson Thousands of Massachusetts medical professionals and other employees of troubled hospital operator Steward Health Care are at risk because Steward...
Delaware Workers’ Compensation Rates to Drop 8.4% and 9.2% October 15, 2024 Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced that workers’ compensation insurance rates will decrease for the eighth year in a row,...
Viewpoint: Landmark Workers’ Comp Subrogation Decision in Nevada October 15, 2024 By Gary L. Wickert In one of the most pro-subrogation decisions in a generation, the Nevada Supreme Court has overnight turned Nevada into one...
Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Costs to Drop Again in 2025 October 1, 2024 Connecticut workers’ compensation insurers are recommending an overall 6.1% reduction in loss costs in the voluntary market and a 6.2%...
New York State Insurance Fund Swapped Coal Assets for Responsible Index ETF September 27, 2024 By Ross Kerber and Isla Binnie Moving money from coal assets to a new responsible-investment exchange-traded vehicle provided the sort of quick win the New York...
Kentucky Sheriff Charged With Shooting of Judge Inside Courthouse September 20, 2024 A Kentucky judge is dead and the county sheriff is in jail, charged with shooting the judge multiple times Thursday...
Washington Metal Fabricator Faces Felony in $340K Workers’ Comp Scam September 19, 2024 A Washington man who claimed he was too injured to work while operating a metal fabrication shop faces a felony...