Workers' Compensation News
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Findings From Comp Proceedings Not Binding in Worker's Bad-Faith Action Against Carrier | 04/10/2023 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that findings of fact and conclusions of law in a workers' compensation proceeding concerning issues other than compensability and benefits are not binding on an insurance company in the injured worker's subsequent bad-faith claim against the insur...Read More | |||
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Framing Contractor Again Cited for Workplace Safety Violations | 04/03/2023 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Thursday announced it cited a Florida framing contractor over safety violations, marking the sixth time since 2021 that the company has faced similar allegations. ...Read More | |||
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Family of Pilot With Joint Employment Gets Death Benefits From Both Employers | 03/29/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld a finding that a pilot was jointly employed by two companies that shared his services and that both were liable for the payment of benefits for his death in a plane crash. ...Read More | |||
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Feds Update Firefighter Claims Process | 03/28/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The federal Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs has updated its policy in the Federal Employees’ Compensation Program to further streamline claims processing for federal firefighters with certain occupational diseases. ...Read More | |||
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Fake Comp Certificate Charges Lead to Guilty Pleas | 03/13/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two people pleaded guilty to multiple felony counts of insurance fraud and forgery in what the California Department of Insurance called a $54 million work comp fraud scheme. ...Read More | |||
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Former PEO Manager Escapes Restitution Order, Gets Remand for Resentencing | 03/08/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court vacated a restitution order for a former professional employer organization manager convicted of engaging in an unlawful workers’ compensation business transaction and remanded the case for resentencing consistent with legislation enacted in 2021 limit...Read More | |||
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First Responder PTSD Presumption Bill Filed | 02/16/2023 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Police and emergency medical services first responders would have a presumptive workers' compensation injury if they are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder relative to a workplace incident, under proposed legislation filed by New Mexico lawmakers Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Fee Review Hearing Office Lacks Authority to Order Reimbursement of Overpayments | 02/03/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fee Review Hearing Office does not have the statutory authority to order reimbursement for overpayment of medical services. ...Read More | |||
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Finance Committee Passes Bill to Cover Anxiety, Depressive Disorders | 01/26/2023 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A fiscal committee in the Virginia General Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that would make anxiety and depressive disorders compensable for cops and firefighters. ...Read More | |||
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Feb. 18 Memorial Service Scheduled for Former Long Beach PJ Rebeck | 01/23/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Joseph P. Rebeck, former presiding judge for the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board in Long Beach, died Dec. 17 at the age of 88. He died in hi...Read More | |||
