Workers' Compensation News
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EK Health Promotes Northern Calif. Sales Leader to Account Exec.
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12/19/2012
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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EK Health Services announced Tuesday that it has hired Derek Downs as account executive.Downs was previously responsible for sales in the Northern California region at the San Jose-based managed care company. EK Health said he has more than 18 years of sales and marketing experience, inc...Read More
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Employer's Untimely Response Nets Max Benefits for Rape Victim
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12/19/2012
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An employer effectively admitted that a fast-food restaurant worker who was raped while on the job was entitled to the maximum rate of permanent partial disability compensation by failing to timely respond to her claim that she was entitled to the maximum, the Missouri Court of Appeals ruled....Read More
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Ex-Teacher Working in Fla. Can still Get Disability Benefits for PTSD
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12/17/2012
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Court of Appeals ruled that a teacher who took a disability retirement because of her post-traumatic stress disorder might still be entitled to continued disability retirement benefits, even after she accepted a position with a Florida school district if her job duties in Florida did not qu...Read More
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Employer's Heavy Door Caused Shoulder Injury, Court Rules
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12/17/2012
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Evidence that an employee had to open her employer's heavy glass and steel door several times a day was sufficient to establish causation for a shoulder injury, a New York appellate court ruled. Case: In the Matter of Claim of Laib v. SIF, No. 513738, 12/13/...Read More
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Employer Must Reimburse Physician for EMG, Court Rules
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12/17/2012
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A self-insured employer must reimburse an employee's treating physician for an electromyography test, even though the employee should have obtained the test via one of the employer's providers, a New York appellate court ruled. Case: Rivera v. North Cent...Read More
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Executive Chef's Resignation Barred SEBs, 3rd Circuit Rules
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12/17/2012
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State: LA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An executive chef was not entitled to supplemental earnings benefits because he had voluntarily resigned before his disability status changed, a Louisiana appeals court concluded. Case: Gleason v. Lafayette General Medical Center, No. 12-652, 12/12/12, published...Read More
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Exclusivity Barred Quadriplegic Oil Worker's Tort Suit
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12/11/2012
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An Oklahoma oil rig worker who was paralyzed after being crushed by a falling piece of machinery could not sue his employer in tort, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday.The court said Joel Monge's employer could not have been "substantially cer...Read More
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Employers Want More Information on Assessments
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12/07/2012
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefAdvocates for California employers say a 44% increase in premium assessments is not “optimal,” but more information is needed before they can comment on the appropriateness o...Read More
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Employer, Claimant Disagree about Burden to Prove Citizenship
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12/05/2012
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State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By John P. Kamin, WorkCompCentral ReporterPennsylvania Supreme Court justices asked numerous questions during oral arguments about whether an Ecuadorian claimant’s refusal to answer questions about his immigration s...Read More
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