Workers' Compensation News
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Judge Errs in Reinstating Self-Represented Worker's Case | 05/19/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a judge could not reinstate a self-represented worker’s claim based solely upon a letter requesting relief from a prior order of dismissal. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Temporarily Halts Commission's COVID-19 Presumption Rule | 04/27/2020 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A circuit court judge has issued a temporary restraining order, halting the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission's coronavirus emergency presumption rule, a rule that some had considered to be the most sweeping in the nation. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Orders Release of Convicted Comp Doctor Because of COVID-19 Concerns | 04/10/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A doctor who once treated injured workers in New York has been ordered released from prison because of the coronavirus epidemic. A federal judge ...Read More | |||
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Jury Convicts 'Compound King' in $22M Fraud Scheme | 03/19/2020 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal jury in Texas convicted a man dubbed by prosecutors as the “Compound King” on fraud charges in a $21.8 million scheme targeting state and federal workers’ compensation programs. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Rules Instacart Misclassified Employees | 02/26/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A superior court judge ruled that app-based shopping service Instacart failed to prove it could rebut the presumption that its workers are employees under California’s ABC test, but declined to issue the mandatory injunction requested by San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott, according to me...Read More | |||
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Judge May Not Reduce Comp Carrier's Lien in 3rd-Party Action | 02/14/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the amount of a carrier’s lien against a worker’s potential recovery from a third-party tort claim could not be reduced by a trial judge. ...Read More | |||
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Jackman Named to Interim Previsor Leadership Post | 02/07/2020 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Previsor Insurance board of directors named Tim Jackman interim president and CEO, a role in which he will oversee the carrier’s operations that include service agreements with Missouri Employers Mutual. ...Read More | |||
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Jones Act Doesn't Cover Injured Riverboat Casino Worker | 02/03/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that a moored riverboat casino is not a "vessel" for purposes of general maritime law. Cas...Read More | |||
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Judge Extends Order in Farm Comp Coverage Case | 01/22/2020 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal judge in New York granted an order extending until February a temporary restraining order prohibiting the state from enforcing some parts of the Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Rules Delay Doomed Freelancers' Bid for Injunction in AB 5 Case | 01/10/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal judge ruled that freelance writers and photographers waited too long to request an injunction prohibiting the State of California from applying a new test of employment status while a constitutional challenge to the new law plays out. ...Read More | |||
