Workers' Compensation News
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Parties Seek Continuance in State Fund MD-DC RICO Case
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11/12/2014
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Beset by millions of pages of discovery documents, attorneys for the State Compensation Insurance Fund and counsel for providers associated with Accident Help Line clinics are asking the U.S. District Court for Central California to push back deadlines and delay the start of trial by about five m...Read More
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Police Officer Gets Duty Disability Benefits, but no Accidental Disability Retirement
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11/07/2014
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A police officer's injury from helping a stranded motorist push a disabled vehicle out of a heavily trafficked roadway entitled him to performance of duty retirement benefits, but not accidental disability retirement benefits, a New York appellate court ruled.
Case: Hoehn v. New York ...Read More
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Premium Volume Increases as Combined Ratio Declines
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11/06/2014
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State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Net premium volume for the Indiana workers' compensation market climbed to $830 million in 2013, the highest level in a decade, according to a State Advisory Forum by the National Council on Compensation Insurance.
The Indiana Compensation Rating Bureau posted the NCCI analysis on its...Read More
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Perry Appoints TDI's Corna as New Injured Employee Counsel
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11/03/2014
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State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Jessica Corna as the state’s new Injured Employee Public Counsel, the governor’s office announced in a release.
Corna is the assistant director of governmental relations at the Texas Department of Insurance and previously served as a workers...Read More
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Poultry Plant Cited for 9 Serious Violations
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10/31/2014
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Source: OSHA
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State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Wayne Farms LLC for exposing workers to dangerous machinery, falls and musculoskeletal disorder hazards, OSHA announced in a release.
Wayne Farms, a poultry-processing plant based in Jack, Alabama, was cited for nine seri...Read More
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