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Thursday, January 27, 2022

WCAB Asks 3rd DCA to Publish Decision on Fees for Missed Hearings

  • State: California
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The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board is asking California’s 3rd Appellate District Court to publish a decision that affirmed a fee award for a missed telephonic

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Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Colorado Lawmaker Seeks to Amend Injury Notice Time

  • State: Colorado
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Lawmakers in Colorado are considering legislation that would increase more than threefold the time limits for reporting a workplace injury.

Current law requires an injured

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Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Report: 'Rust' Producers Argue Exclusivity Bars Claims From Shooting

  • State: California
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Attorneys for Alec Baldwin and producers of the movie “Rust” are asking a California judge to find that workers’ compensation exclusivity bars a lawsuit by

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Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Bill Would Allow DA Meetings With Carriers, Self-Insureds to Address 'Rampant' Comp Fraud

  • State: California
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County prosecutors throughout California could convene meetings with insurance carriers and self-insured employers to discuss specific information about suspected fraud, under recently introduced legislation.

The

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Court Clarifies Calculation of PPD Rate for Worker With Concurrent Employment

  • State: Montana
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The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a worker with concurrent employments was entitled to additional permanent partial disability benefits.

Case: Barnhart v. Montana State Fund,

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Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Senate Confirms Zalewski to WCAB

  • State: California
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The California Senate unanimously confirmed Katherine Zalewski for a six-year term on the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board.

Katherine Zalewski

The Senate voted 34-0

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Monday, January 24, 2022

Appropriations Committee Passes MPN ID Bill

  • State: California
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The California Assembly Appropriations Committee unanimously approved a bill that would require employers to provide information about their medical network to injured workers in certain

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Monday, January 24, 2022

Business Owner Pleads Guilty in Premium Fraud Case

  • State: California
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The owner of a roofing company pleaded guilty to two felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud in a case investigated by the California Insurance

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Friday, January 21, 2022

Wages From Non-Concurrent Employment Properly Excluded From Benefit Calculation

  • State: Montana
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The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court upheld the State Fund’s calculation of a worker’s wages as excluding her income pursuant to her contractual employment with a

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Friday, January 21, 2022

WCIRB C&R Committee Meets Feb. 1

  • State: California
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The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California Classification and Rating Committee is meeting at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 1.

Committee members will discuss classification relativities and

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