Workers' Compensation News
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Former Deputy Asks Court to Order Reinstatement of Benefits
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08/01/2013
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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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Sacramento County waived its right to recover any award in a third-party negligence lawsuit filed by the sole survivor of a 2005 helicopter crash, but the county nonetheless has stopped paying benefits to the deputy following his settlement with the aircraft manufacturer, according to a lawsuit file...Read More
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Former EVP of Ace Overseas Joins Crawford's Board
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08/01/2013
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Roger Day has been appointed to the board of Atlanta-based Crawford & Co.Day was most recently executive vice president of Ace Overseas General Division, where he oversaw multiline claims operations outside of the United States. At Ace he supported the property and casual...Read More
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Former Postal Worker Convicted of Comp Fraud
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07/31/2013
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State: AL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Medical
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A federal jury in Anniston, Ala., convicted a former U.S. Postal Service letter carrier last week on a series of workers' compensation fraud charges.U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance said in a news release Monday that Sean Eric Slaton, 40, of Anniston, was convicted on eight counts of ...Read More
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Former Selectwoman Convicted on Comp Charges
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07/30/2013
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State: ME | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A federal jury in Maine convicted a former selectwoman from Chelsea, Maine, late Friday of filing false income tax returns and making false statements to obtain workers' compensation benefits in 2008 and 2010, the Kennebec Journal reported.Carole Swan, 55, was acquitted of charges th...Read More
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From State Fund, MEMIC Rises to 'Super Regional' Insurer
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07/24/2013
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By David Dankwa, Senior ReporterJohn Leonard, the president and chief executive officer of Maine Employers Mutual Insurance Co., said history will mark 2012 as one of the best years the insurance company has ever experienced. The carrier's recently-released annual results...Read More
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Fringe Benefits Eliminated Claimant's Eligibility for SIBs
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07/24/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Other
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An injured worker who found a new job in Missouri which paid him less than he made at his old job before his industrial injury was not entitled to Supplemental Income Benefits because the fringe benefits of the new job in Missouri made up for his lower wages, a Texas appellate court ruled. ...Read More
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Fraud Unit Arrests 3 on Comp Fraud Charges
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07/24/2013
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State: MS | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Insurance Fraud Unit of Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has arrested three people on workers' compensation fraud charges following indictments by county grand juries.The Attorney General's Office said in a press release that investigators arrested Alisa Lynn Nealy Salon...Read More
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Former Selectwoman Insists Injury was Devastating
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07/23/2013
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State: ME | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A former selectwoman from Chelsea, Maine, testified injuries she sustained while working for the U.S. Postal Service in the 1990s devastated her life and involved legitimate claims filed with the U.S. Labor Department, the Portland Press Herald reported.Carole Swan is on trial in federal...Read More
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Failure to Notify Doctors of Intervening Injury Leads to Denial of RSD
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07/22/2013
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A claimant's failure to tell her medical providers about an intervening injury ultimately doomed her secondary claim for reflex sympathetic dystrophy, according to a decision from Ohio's 8th District Court of Appeals. Case: Jolette v. A T L M, et al., No. 99173.Facts:...Read More
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