Quote of the day
"I'm still trying to let it sink in. "It's been a long ride."
Richard A. Johnson, former Wyoming oil rig worker, after the state high court rules that he was unfairly denied benefits
CRM to Surrender License in Settlement
Compensation Risk Managers LLC, also known as CRM, will surrender its license to run self-insured workers’ compensation trusts, the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board announces. All eight self-insured trusts run by the company became underfunded beyond the 90 percent standard held by the board and are either closed or closing. By Craig Wolf, Poughkeepsie Journal
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North Dakota Agency Adjusts PTD Rates for Inflation
In North Dakota, those who receive permanent total disability benefits, and survivor benefits, will see a 5.6 percent increase next month, in what Workforce Safety and Insurance says is the largest yearly inflation adjustment in at least 20 years. By AP via Dickinson Press
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Oil Rigger Unfairly Stiffed, Wyoming High Court Rules
The Wyoming Workers’ Compensation Division improperly denied benefits to a former Wyoming oil rig worker who was disabled in a workplace accident in 1984, a unanimous Wyoming Supreme Court rules. The division should not have counted the income of the worker’s wife in calculating whether he was entitled to extended permanent and total disability benefits, according to the court. By Joan Barron, Casper Star-Tribune
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BrickStreet Aims to Cover Out-of-State Employees of W.V. Firms
BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. hopes to offer workers’ compensation insurance for all employees of West Virginia-based companies next year, even when some of the employees work out of state, according to the agency’s president and CEO. By George Hohmann, Charleston Daily Mail
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Yukon WCB Stays Charges in Fatal Bear Attack
The Yukon Workers’ Compensation Health and Safety Board temporarily suspends the final two charges against a company whose employee was killed in a 2006 grizzly bear attack, as a result of new information. Canadian Press via OHS Canada
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Nova Scotia WCB Balks on Releasing List of Unsafe Worksites
The Nova Scotia Workers’ Compensation Board refuses to release a list of workplaces with the highest number of employee injuries in the province, and now faces legal action by a newspaper. By Kelly Shiers, Chronicle Herald (Halifax, N.S.)
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