Workers' Compensation News
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Free Webinar Examines Burn Injuries in the Food Industry
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05/31/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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"Burn Injury in the Food & Beverage Work Place" is the topic of a free webinar on June 5 for employers, claims and health care professionals who handle occupational injury and disease cases, the WorkCompCentral Education Department announced. Dr. Peter Grossman of The Grossman Burn C...Read More
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Fireman's Fund Hires Commercial Insurance Field Executive
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05/29/2013
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has hired former American International Group executive Erik Watson as commercial insurance field executive.In his new role, Watson will be responsible for growing Fireman’s Fund’s commercial insurance business, including middle market, smal...Read More
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Framing Contractor Facing More than $290,000 in Fines
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05/29/2013
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State: MA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed $290,700 in fines against a Massachusetts construction contractor for willful, repeat and serious safety violations at a worksite in Durham, Mass.OSHA said in a news release that Twin Pines Construction, of Everett, Mass...Read More
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Fiscal Committees Pass most Bills ahead of Deadline
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05/28/2013
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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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The California Assembly Appropriations Committee on Friday passed a measure that would create a presumption that a worker on a public works project was paid prevailing wages when calculating workers’ compensation benefits but held a bill that would allow expedited hearings in uninsured employe...Read More
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Fire Chief's Heart Attack Was not Presumptively Compensable
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05/24/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A fire chief who suffered a heart attack as a result of his work-related stress was not entitled to have his claim for benefits treated as a presumptively compensable claim for a cardiovascular disease but as a "mental disorder" claim subject to a heightened standard of proof....Read More
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Former Willis Broker Mills Joins American Equity Underwriters
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05/24/2013
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Andrea Mills has joined American Equity Underwriters as senior vice president, director of strategic business development.Mills will be responsible for working with the sales teams and brokers, creating the ALMA System Advisory Committee and collaborating with AEU marketing and AmWINS to...Read More
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Former DOT Worker, Out-of-State Nurse Charged with Fraud
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05/22/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A former Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities worker and a nurse in Wisconsin were indicted on a combined 93 counts of workers’ compensation fraud, the Alaska Department of Law announced.Scott A. Groom is a former DOT worker who was injured on the job in 1999. ...Read More
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Farm Worker Bill Awaiting Action in State Senate
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05/21/2013
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The New York Assembly has passed legislation that would give the state's farm workers a variety of new rights and require that their employers provide workers' compensation coverage.The Assembly voted 83-53 on May 13 to adopt the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices Act, filed this s...Read More
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FWCJUA Panel to Consider $7.9 Million Dividend
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05/09/2013
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Rates and Forms Committee of the Florida Workers' Compensation Joint Underwriting Association will meet next Wednesday to discuss a staff recommendation that the residual carrier issue a $7.8 million dividend to cover policy year 2006.The FWCJUA staff said the dividend would incl...Read More
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Former State Senator Accused of Failing to Provide WC Coverage
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05/08/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Idaho Industrial Commission has filed a lawsuit against a former state lawmaker who allegedly failed to provide workers' compensation coverage for employees of his restaurant, the Couer d'Alene Press reported. The newspaper said the commission charges that former Republican s...Read More
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