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Navigating Workers' Compensation for Repetitive Stress Injuries

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The term ‘repetitive stress injury’ covers a wide variety of conditions. A Repetitive stress or strain injury happens when too much stress is placed on a given body part and can result in pain, swelling, muscle strains, and...more

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Lack of Insurance Coverage Does Not Defeat Workers’ Compensation Bar for New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Intentional Injury Claim

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Key Points: The New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Act requires all employers to obtain workers’ compensation insurance coverage or be subject to both criminal and civil penalties....more

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How Your Experience Modification Rate Impacts Your Insurance Premiums and Business

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Your business’s experience modification rating (ex-mod) directly translates to premium dollars, and risk managers and executives could benefit from a basic understanding of how ex-mods are calculated. The ex-mod reflects an...more

Carlton Fields

Ninth Circuit Finds Settlement and Two-Year Limitations Statute Barred “Bad Faith” Workers’ Compensation Suit by Man Struck by...

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In Larson v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co., the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that, under Hawaii law, unambiguous broad settlement release language and the two-year tort statute of limitations barred claims that...more

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North Carolina Industrial Commission Penalty Assessment Orders: Common Civil and Criminal FAQs

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Since approximately 2014, the North Carolina Industrial Commission has doggedly pursued businesses without workers’ compensation insurance in violation of NCGS § 97-94. Through software automation, the Industrial Commission...more

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Virginia Begins Enforcement of New Workers’ Compensation Law on July 1, 2020

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Beginning July 1, 2020, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission will begin enforcing a new law that will affect how Virginia employers and their workers’ compensation insurance carriers respond to initial claims for...more

Bricker Graydon LLP

Application deadline for BWC group-rating programs is fast approaching

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The Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced that private employers that are interested in the Deductible, Individual-Retrospective-Rating or One Claim programs must file an application by January 31, 2020, for the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

One Judge Finds Alabama’s Workers’ Compensation Act Unconstitutional—Now What?

Workers’ compensation laws are supposed to take the guess work out of employee injuries. If an employee is hurt at work, the statute governs, you pay the benefits and move on—right? Well, if you have employees in Alabama,...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

New Medicare Conditional Payment Case: Federal Court Requires CMS To Perform Surgery On Its Primary Plan Reimbursement Demands

Doctors often treat Medicare beneficiaries for accident related injuries (for which a “primary” auto or workers’ compensation carrier must reimburse Medicare) and unrelated maladies at the same visit. Billing for the visit...more

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Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Carriers May Pursue Justice

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Workers’ compensation statutes impose liability without fault on the employers of men and women who are injured on the job. They also permit employers to recoup the costs they incur from any third parties who actually caused...more

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