Workers' Compensation News
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Jo Copeland Named VP of Managed Care at PMA | 11/05/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| PMA Cos. has named Josephine “Jo” Copeland as vice president of managed care. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Misapplied Test for Determining Whether Cab Driver Qualified as Employee | 10/31/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division ruled that a judge applied an incorrect standard to determine that a driver was not an employee of a cab company. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Orders PAC to Retract Mailers That Smeared Reform Proponent | 10/25/2018 | |
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| By: Eddie Curran (correspondent) | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Pennsylvania court on Wednesday ordered a political action committee allegedly controlled by the Philadelphia claimants’ firm of Pond, Lehocky, Stern & Giordano to retract allegations made against a Republican state representative who is running for re-election. ...Read More | |||
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Janitor Accused of Double-Dipping | 10/15/2018 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Connecticut janitor is accused of collecting $17,408 in workers’ compensation benefits while continuing to work in the same job. Ronald...Read More | |||
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Judge Shouldn't Have Excused Worker's Delay in Filing Claim | 10/15/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a judge’s finding that a worker’s delay in filing a claim for alleged injuries was excusable. ...Read More | |||
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Jason Quattropani Named WCC Clerk | 10/12/2018 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission has named Jason Quattropani as its new clerk. Quattropani is replacing Marjorie Platt, wh...Read More | |||
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Jury Convicts Doctor of Fraud, Lying to Medical Board | 10/09/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Riverside County jury convicted a doctor on seven counts of fraud relating to workers’ compensation medical-legal reports, and seven counts of perjury for lying to the Medical Board of California during a disciplinary proceeding. ...Read More | |||
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Job Training Voucher Gets Few Injured Employees Back to Work, DIR Says | 10/01/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A program that provides up to $6,000 in job training benefits to California injured workers with a permanent partial disability doesn’t seem to be accomplishing its goal, officials said last week. ...Read More | |||
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Jennifer Carter Joins Brown & Brown as Commercial Lines Adviser | 09/24/2018 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| Jennifer Carter has joined Brown & Brown Gulf States as a commercial lines insurance and risk adviser in the Gulfport, Mississippi, office. ...Read More | |||
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Jeff Borkowski Named CEO at ClearPath Mutual | 09/21/2018 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The board of directors of ClearPath Mutual Insurance Co. has appointed Jeff Borkowski as the company’s chief executive officer. ...Read More | |||
