Workers' Compensation News
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Study: Lost-Time Duration Fell Following Opioid Restrictions | 01/08/2019 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The average length of lost-time payments to injured workers decreased, by about 18%, in Washington state after the Department of Labor and Industries implemented new controls on opioid prescribing in 2013, according to a new study. ...Read More | |||
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School Bus Attendant Gets Accidental Disability Retirement Benefits | 01/07/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a school bus attendant was entitled to accidental disability retirement benefits for her injuries from a fall while disembarking from a bus. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Won't Disturb 3rd DCA Ruling on Requirements for Establishing PTD Status | 01/04/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Supreme Court will not change the precedential value of a decision from the 3rd District Court of Appeal on the proper procedural path for a worker to secure a finding of permanent total disability. ...Read More | |||
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State IDs Trucking Cos. With Unpaid Judgments | 01/04/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California labor commissioner posted a list of port trucking companies with unpaid judgments to implement a new law holding businesses that contract with the transportation firms ...Read More | |||
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Schmitz Returning to WCAB as Deputy Commissioner | 01/03/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Anne Schmitz on Wednesday returned to the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board as deputy commissioner, after a six-month hiatus. ...Read More | |||
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Safety National Buys Oklahoma City-Based Wholesale Brokerage | 01/03/2019 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Safety National Casualty Corp. has purchased Midlands Management Corp., a managing general agent, wholesale broker, program administrator and insurance services provider based in Oklahoma City. ...Read More | |||
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Sheriff's Lieutenant Arrested for Alleged Comp Fraud | 12/31/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Northern California sheriff's lieutenant was arrested in Las Vegas on suspicion of workers' compensation fraud, according to a report on the San Francis...Read More | |||
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Settlements Must Be Filed Electronically Starting Tuesday | 12/31/2018 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Department of Workers' Claims is reminding stakeholders that all settlement agreements, filed on Form 110, must be submitted electronically, starting Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Structured Medicare Set-Asides to Be Explained During Webinar | 12/28/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Structured Medicare set-asides will be the topic of a Jan. 23 webinar hosted by Tower MSA Partners. ...Read More | |||
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Second Injury Fund Assessment to Increase | 12/28/2018 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Indiana’s Second Injury Fund will end the year with $1.3 million in the bank, but that’s far less than needed and will result in an extra 5% assessment on insurers, the Workers’ Compensation Board announced today. ...Read More | |||
