Connecticut Work Comp News

The latest news about workers compensation in Connecticut.
- The Connecticut Insurance Department approved a 9.8% reduction in voluntary market loss costs and a 10.5% decrease in assigned risk plan rates for 2024. The reductions are an average among five…
- A divided Connecticut Appellate Court revived a tort claim against an employer for a worker’s asbestos-related death, finding the executrix of his estate raised a triable question as to whether…
- The Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Commission announced that maximum weekly benefits will increase by 4.4% on Sunday. The new maximum weekly benefit for temporary total disability and permanent disability is $1,575, up…
- The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice announced that a New Haven teacher has been charged with illegally collecting $16,053 in workers’ compensation benefits. Pamela Reichbart, 59, sustained a head injury on…
- The National Council on Compensation Insurance is proposing an average 9.8% reduction in voluntary loss costs for Connecticut, effective Jan. 1. At the same time, NCCI is proposing an average decrease…
- The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld the summary dismissal of an injured police officer’s claims of disability discrimination. Case: Cooling v. City of Torrington, No. AC 45395, 09/12/2023, published. Facts: Jason Cooling worked…
- Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont on Wednesday announced that he signed a state budget bill that includes a provision creating a presumption that a firefighter’s cancer diagnosis is a result of hazardous…
- The Connecticut Appellate Court ruled that a retired state worker was not entitled to an award of temporary total disability benefits following a post-retirement surgery. Stephen Cochran began working for the…
- The Connecticut Appellate Court overturned an award of temporary total disability benefits to a former police officer for his atrial fibrillation and stroke years after retirement. Case: Martinoli v. Stamford Police…
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