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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

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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

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Putative Class Action Involving A Patented Reinsurance Arrangement For Workers’ Compensation Coverage Largely Survives Dismissal

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The case is pending in a federal district court in New York, and involves three allegedly interconnected contracts purportedly “designed to circumvent [state] insurance laws,” including the laws of New York. ...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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California Federal Court Dismisses Claims In Class Action To The Extent Plaintiff’s Claims Are Based On The Theory That Rates Were...

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In this class action lawsuit in a California federal court, Shasta Linen Company and all those similarly situated brought an action against Applied Underwriters, Inc. and its affiliate entities. Shasta Linen alleges that the...more

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We Don’t Feel Your Pain: Massachusetts Limits Recoveries By Workers Compensation Insurers

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When an injured employee sues a third party for negligence, the law usually permits her employer’s workers compensation insurer to share in the recovery. Last month, in DiCarlo v. Suffolk Construction Co., Nos. SJC-11854 and...more

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Insurance Guaranty Association Must Pay Workers’ Compensation Claims Of A Former, Non-Member Group Self-Insurer

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The North Carolina Court of Appeals has held that the state’s Insurance Guaranty Association is obligated to pay for workers’ compensation claims made or incurred against CompTrust, a former group self-insurer that issued...more

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