Workers Comp

The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that findings of fact and conclusions of law in a workers compensation proceeding concerning issues other than compensability and benefits are not binding on an insurance company in the injured worker’s subsequent bad-faith claim against the insurer. Aaron Madalena was an installer for SunTalk Solar. He reported a back injury …

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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Dollar General Corp. for exposing workers to fire hazards at one if its Pennsylvania locations, with the proposed fines of $245,544 adding to the millions in financial penalties against the company since 2017. OSHA on Friday announced it issued a citation for one willful violation and …

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An Ohio food processing company has been fined $1.9 million and cited for 11 willful, four serious, one repeat and one other-than-serious violations after the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said its workplace safety failures led to an employee’s leg amputation. OSHA on Thursday announced citations against Cincinnati-based Zwanenberg Food Group USA Inc., a …

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Zurich featured in the first two stories in this week’s Top 10, led by the report that the Swiss insurer had exited the United Nation’s Net-Zero Insurance Alliance a few days after Munich Re announced its own departure from the pact. Source link

Massachusetts businesses are poised to save about $130 million in workers compensation insurance premiums beginning July 1 after the state announced it reached a settlement with the Workers’ Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau and the State Rating Bureau. The settlement, announced Wednesday by Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, resolves an administrative rate trial at …

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Eighty-three percent of employees in Texas are covered by workers compensation, the highest percentage in 12 years, according to data released Thursday by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation’s Research. Texas, the only state where workers comp is optional, saw the employer subscription rate increase to 75% in 2022 from 72% in …

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West Virginia’s highest court has tossed out an appeal by a company that argued it shouldn’t be forced to compensate an electrician who claims he developed leukemia after decades of workplace exposure to cancer-causing chemicals.   In a Wednesday decision, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals determined Chapman Corp. was responsible for a compensable …

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A Dundee, Ohio-based lumber company has paid a $22,093 fine in connection with a sawmill injury involving a teen worker. Walnut Creek Lumber Ltd. agreed to the financial penalty after the U.S. Department of Labor said a 15-year-old worker who became entangled in the gears of a powered wood processing machine should have never been …

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The South Carolina Supreme Court reversed a lower appeals court ruling that found a woman injured in a car accident with her co-worker behind the wheel was entitled to collect uninsured motorist benefits. The high court, in a case decided in January but publicized Thursday, ruled that plaintiff Stephany Connelly was not permitted by law …

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The Union of Southern Service Workers has lodged a complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor, claiming the South Carolina Occupational Safety and Health Administration has engaged in discrimination by excluding Black workers from the protection of programmed work site inspections. Attorneys for the union wrote Tuesday that South Carolina OSHA exposed Black workers to …

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