Judge Tosses Wife’s Suit Blaming Employer for Her Husband’s Covid February 22, 2021 By Joel Rosenblatt A federal judge tossed out a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that sought to hold an employer responsible for a worker’s spouse getting...
Bills That Help First Responders Hit by COVID-19 Advance in Virginia February 22, 2021 By Sam Fowler Virginia lawmakers have passed bills that allow certain first responders to file workers’ compensation benefits for being disabled from COVID-19,...
Viewpoint: Biometric Information Privacy Statutes Could Be a Minefield for Insurers February 19, 2021 By Brett A. Scher and Jean Y. Liu In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in private entity use of biometric-dependent technology to assist with employee...
Wife Sues Husband’s Employer Over COVID-19 Infection February 18, 2021 By Joel Rosenblatt A federal judge is weighing what she called a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that would hold an employer responsible for a worker’s...
Barta Reappointed as Texas Injured Employee Public Counsel February 10, 2021 Jessica Barta has been reappointed as Texas’ Injured Employee Public Counsel, a role in which she has served since October...
It Could Have Been Worse. An Update on COVID-19 Impact on Workers’ Compensation. February 9, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson While it obviously presented challenges, 2020 is looking like it may not have been such a bad year for workers’...
A.I.M. Mutual Expands Coverage Territory to Rhode Island February 5, 2021 A.I.M. Mutual has expanded its coverage territory to Rhode Island. The company, a monoline workers’ compensation carrier based in Massachusetts,...
Chubb System Tracks Absence Management, Benefits for Employers February 5, 2021 A new offering from Chubb’s Workplace Benefits division looks to integrate and streamline absence management and workplace benefits for mid-size...
Workers’ Compensation Underwriters Under the Gun to Understand Pandemic Data February 4, 2021 Workers’ compensation underwriters are about to be tested in the marketplace like never before. While the current situation is not...
California Warehouse Worker Arraigned for Alleged Workers’ Comp Fraud February 3, 2021 Crescencio Velasco Covarrubias, 45, of Button Willow, Calif., was arraigned this week on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud after...