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Workers' Compensation News

 

Seaman Had 'Legal Remedy' for Injuries Even Though No Foreign Court Had Jurisdiction 11/16/2018
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A Texas appellate court on Thursday upheld the dismissal of a foreign seaman’s lawsuit against a Houston-based vessel owner, finding he had a legal remedy available even though no other country would take jurisdiction over his claims. ...Read More
 
 

State Auditor Adopts Proposed Revisions to Classification Manual 11/16/2018
State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Montana State Auditor announced that it has adopted revisions to classification codes for retirement living centers, limousine and taxi companies, digital photography, manufacturing and repairing drones, and auto body shops. ...Read More
 
 

State Sues Purdue Pharma Over Alleged Opioid Misrepresentation 11/16/2018
State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill has filed a lawsuit against opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma, alleging that the company’s misrepresentatio...Read More
 
 

Senate Overrides Rauner's Veto of Doctor-Payment Bill 11/15/2018
State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Illinois Senate voted Wednesday evening to override Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto of a bill that would heal a sore for workers' compensation physicians who have complained for years that insurers won't pay their bills and can't be charged interest. ...Read More
 
 

States Making Progress on Physician Dispensing Issues 11/14/2018
By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
Physicians in Colorado will soon face stricter limits on their dispensing of opioids to injured workers, in the latest example of states taking aim at a major cost driver in workers’ comp pharmacy. ...Read More
 
 

Services Held for Two Longtime WC Lawyers 11/14/2018
State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
Two longtime Chicago-area workers' compensation attorneys died this month, and the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission noted their passing. ...Read More
 
 

Supreme Court Rejects Suit Against Contractor for Fatal Accident by Drug-Using Trucker 11/13/2018
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Nebraska Supreme Court last week ruled that the state’s statutory scheme regulating intrastate motor carriers does not impute an employer-employee relationship between the general contractor and the subcontracting motor carrier's employee for purposes of vicarious liability. ...Read More
 
 

State IDs Residual Market to Finalize WCF Privatization 11/12/2018
By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
State: UT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The residual market in Utah will consist of employers that have been turned down by at least two other carriers when the Department of Insurance starts seeking bids for a carrier of last resort, the last step in the privatization of the Workers’ Compensation Fund. ...Read More
 
 
SAIF Board to Discuss Strategic Plan 11/12/2018
State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The SAIF board of directors will discuss the carrier’s 2019 strategic plan during a meeting on Wednesday. Also on the agenda: Chief Financial Officer Gina Manley will present a preliminary budget overview. Chief Actuarial Officer Laura Robison will make a re...Read More
 
 

SCIF Earned Premiums Down Slightly Through September 11/09/2018
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The $1.024 billion in net premiums earned by California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund through the end of September was 0.4% lower than last year, according to a summary of financial results that will be presented to the carrier’s board of directors next week. ...Read More
 
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