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Larson s Spotlight
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Virginia: Employee Who Blacked Out While Driving Could Not Establish Workers’ Compensation Claim
A Virginia appellate court affirmed the denial of a workers’ compensation claim filed by an employee, who spent 75 percent of her working time driving in a car provided for her by her employer, and who sustained injuries in a single-car rollover...
compwriter@gmaildotcom
over 5 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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Virginia: Commission Failed to Consider Risk of Assault Faced by Rest Area Attendant Attacked by Former Co-Worker
That an overnight attendant at a rest area knew his assailant—a former co-employee—and could not show that the assailant’s motives were related to the employment—the assailant committed suicide shortly after the attack—did...
Larson s Spotlight
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Virginia: Injured Worker With Amnesia May Not Utilize Unexplained Accident Presumption
The presumption of compensability found in Va. Code Ann. § 65.2–105 applies only when an injured worker is physically or mentally unable to testify; it does not apply, held a Virginia court, when the claimant cannot recall the circumstances...
compwriter@gmaildotcom
over 3 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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Virginia: Worker's Crohn's Disease Was Compensable Consequence of Original Injury
Quoting Larson's Workers' Compensation Law , and stressing that all medical consequences and sequelae that flow from the primary injury are compensable as long as there is a direct causal link between the primary injury and the additional injury...
compwriter@gmaildotcom
over 4 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Virginia: Knowledge of Police Officer Presumption of Compensability For Heart-Lung Conditions Does Not Trigger Statute of Limitations
That a Virginia police officer was specifically aware of the state’s special heart-lung presumption of compensability in favor of police officers and certain other types of workers did not mean the two-year statute of limitations for his cardiac...
compwriter@gmaildotcom
over 2 years ago
Workers' Compensation
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Virginia: Employee’s Actions Were Not a Violation of Known Safety Rule
Acknowledging that pursuant to Va. Code § 65.2306(A), an injured worker can be disqualified from receiving workers’ compensation benefits if he or she intentionally engages in activity contrary to a known safety rule imposed by the employer...
compwriter@gmaildotcom
over 5 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Virginia: Worker Loses Comp Benefits By Failing to Attend Scheduled FCE Session
Where an employer sought to terminate an injured worker’s benefits on the grounds that she had unjustifiably refused medical treatment—on three occasions over a four-month period of time, she cancelled a scheduled (and rescheduled) “functional...
compwriter@gmaildotcom
over 5 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Virginia: Failure to Wear Seatbelt Was Willful Misconduct on Part of Bus Driver
The failure of a Virginia bus driver to lock and wear his seatbelt upon picking up passengers—he later sustained serious injuries when his vehicle was struck from behind, careened down a guardrail, and then flipped—constituted willful misconduct...
compwriter@gmaildotcom
over 4 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Virginia: Court Agrees Failure to Wear Seatbelt is Willful Misconduct
A Virginia appellate court affirmed a decision by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission that had denied benefits to a truck driver who sustained serious injuries in a vehicle crash on the basis that he had engaged in willful misconduct...
compwriter@gmaildotcom
over 6 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Virginia: Injured Worker Not an Employee Where General Contractor Had Essentially No Control Over His Activity
Where there was virtually no evidence that a construction worker’s actions were controlled by the purported employer and where it also appeared that the purported employer exercised little, if any, control over the injured worker’s work or...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (11/25/2013)
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NATIONAL AND STATE NEWS: AM Best Identifies Top 25 Workers Comp Carriers...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (8/11/2014)
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. Temp Labor Market Expected to Grow 7% in 2015 . New DOL Rule on Black...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (8/18/2014)
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. WILG to Honor Steven M. Birnbaum With 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award ...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (5/4/2015)
DOJ Audit Alleges GEO Group Incorrectly Calculated Workers Comp Insurance . US DOL Proposes Rule to Revise Black Lung Benefits Act . OSHA Issues Final Confined Spaces Rule to Protect Construction Workers . Doctors Banned From Billing Medicare Still...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (4/20/2015)
US Senate Approves Sweeping Changes to How Medicare Pays Doctors . EEOC Proposes Rule on Application of ADA to Workplace Wellness Programs . WCRI Releases Nat’l Inventory of Cost Containment Initiatives Adopted in 51 Jurisdictions . NIOSH...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (5/18/2015)
NCCI Gives “Calm” Now, “Turbulent” Later, Outlook for Workers Comp Industry . NCCI Presentation: Complete State of the Line for Workers Comp Industry . NCCI Presentation: Work Comp Implications of On-Demand Economy, Temp Workers...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (7/13/2015)
John F. Burton, Jr. Examines Impact of Race to the Bottom for Workers Comp Costs (p. 6) . Prof. Spieler Attacks AMA Guides for Absence of Evidence-Based Medicine . A.M. Best: U.S .State Workers Comp Funds’ Net Premiums Increased 11.5% in 2014...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (9/28/2015)
OSHA Extends Comment Period for Proposed Rule on Employer Record Keeping . NIOSH Posts 2014 Mid-Year Worker Fatality Report for Oil and Gas Industry . AFL-CIO Releases 2015 Edition of Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect . Museum of Tort Law, Which...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (1/25/2016)
Injured Worker Left Out in the Cold by ERISA Surviving on Social Security Disability . Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index 2016 Reports $62B in U.S. Workers Comp Costs . USDOL Issues Guidance on Joint Employment Under FLSA, MSPA . News Investigation...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (2/8/2016)
Experts Identify Top 10 Issues to Watch for Workers’ Comp in 2016 . EEOC Seeks Comments on Proposed Enforcement Guidance on Workplace Retaliation . Insurance Information Institute President Dr. Robert Hartwig to Step Down . Obama Budget Would...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (2/22/2016)
American Medical Association Releases National Survey for Preventing Opioid Abuse . American Medical Association Supports Telemedicine Bill . CA: CWCI Study Examines 2015 Independent Medical Review Outcomes . CA: High Court Won’t Hear Stevens...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (3/21/2016)
CDC Posts Final Opioid Guidelines for 2016 . ProPublica: Doctors Receiving Company Cash Tend to Prescribe More Brand-Name Drugs . U.S. Prescription Drug Spending Rose 5 Percent in 2015 . CA: DWC Announces Appointments to Ethics Advisory Committee...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (4/11/2016)
Express Scripts Releases New Drug Trend Report . Leahy Bill in U.S. Senate Could Kill Key Provision in TX Nonsubscriber ERISA Plans . AZ: RBRVS Fiscal Impact Study Released . AZ: ICA Requests Oct. 1 Effective Date for UR Rules for Opioid Use . ...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (5/2/2016)
CDC Posts Annual Workers Memorial Day 2016 Message . CDC Examines Impact of Hearing Loss on Quality of Life . CDC Examines Convenience Store Compliance to Reduce Workplace Violence . AZ: ICA Discusses Implementation of RBRVS-based Fee Schedule ...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (5/9/2016)
NCCI Posts Hartwig Presentation of Future of P&C Market and American Workplace . NCCI Posts Presentation of Insurance in an Exponential World . NCCI Posts Presentation for Affordable Care Act and Workers Comp . NCCI Posts Presentation on Prescription...
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