Lawmakers in New York are considering a bill that would extend the state’s disability provisions under workers compensation for COVID-19 sufferers and would allow workers to resubmit claims that were denied due to timing. S.B. 7624, introduced Wednesday and referred to the Rules Committee, states that a claim for compensation for disability based on a …
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A Florida appeals court Wednesday vacated workers compensation benefits for a firefighter who suffered a thoracic aortic aneurysm he claimed was work-induced. The Florida District Court of Appeal Wednesday reversed benefits awarded to John Harlem, a firefighter with the North Collier Fire Control and Rescue District, who was diagnosed in April 2018 with the aneurysm. …
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The Appellate Court of Connecticut ruled Tuesday that a retired police officer was improperly awarded temporary total disability benefits because he had no intention of returning to the workforce at the time he filed for the additional benefits. Louis Martinoli began working for the Stamford Police Department in 1975 and later underwent surgery based on …
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An insurance company auditor is not owed workers comps benefits for an alleged stress-related incident that resulted a stay in intensive care, a New York appeals court ruled last week upholding lower court rulings. According to court papers, the claimant said that prior to having an anxiety attack at work in 2020 she had been …
The mother of an Arby’s worker who was murdered by a coworker at a restaurant in Hickory Hills, Illinois, in 2017 can’t sue the franchisees, as workers compensation is the exclusive remedy, an Illinois appeals court ruled Tuesday. Doreen Price sued Lunan Roberts Inc., Lunan Corp., Arby’s Restaurant Group Inc. and Irvin Thomas in connection …
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Worker safety advocates and attorneys representing employers have mixed reactions to recently announced federal heat safety measures for workers. Some say employers are already handling the issue; others say more needs to be done. President Joe Biden said July 27 that his administration is implementing measures designed to protect the U.S. workforce from extreme heat. …
Average annual premium renewal pricing increased in most lines of commercial insurance coverage last month, but the pace of rate hikes slackened in several areas, according to a report Tuesday from Ivans Insurance Services, a unit of Applied Systems Inc. Among lines where rate increases accelerated, commercial property was up 9.7% in July, compared with …
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A new report from the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center concludes that many individuals with opioid use disorder are not receiving proper medical treatment for dependency. The report, published Thursday in JAMA Internal Medicine, said only 22% of the 40,000 individuals with the disorder who were studied in 2021 used the …
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The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia Monday ruled for Westinghouse Electric Corp. in a lawsuit brought by the widow of an electrician who was killed while working at an Army installation. Michael Hill was installing an electrical transformer at the site in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in September 2015 when he came in …
An investigation into Amazon Inc. warehousing operations in Logan Township, New Jersey, found workers exposed to ergonomic hazards, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Friday. The agency also said there was inadequate medical care for injured workers. OSHA issued Amazon a citation for ergonomic hazards and proposed $15,625 in penalties, alleging the company exposed employees …
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