Workers' Compensation News
| Strippers Tell Lawmakers of Unsafe Working Conditions | 12/05/2018 | ||
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| Strippers in Washington state told lawmakers the limited number of workers’ compensation claims or safety complaints is not evidence that their industry is free from workplace health and safety violations, the ...Read More | |||
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Survey Allows Public Input on State Occupational Injury Research Agenda | 11/30/2018 | |
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| California’s labor-management advisory board is seeking public input through an online survey on its its agenda for research in occupational injury prevention. ...Read More | |||
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Subrogation Law Firm Hires Associate in Orange County | 11/30/2018 | |
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| The Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer law firm, whose practice is focused on subrogation, has appointed Katherine Sandoval as an associate attorney in its Orange, California, office. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Worker's Untimely Filed Appeal | 11/30/2018 | |
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| The Alaska Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s untimely filed appeal from a board decision denying her workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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Subsequent Injury Boards Proposing New Rules | 11/26/2018 | |
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| Boards that administer subsequent injury accounts for public and private self-insured employers and self-insured employer groups in Nevada are proposing a sweeping set of rules that are intended to implement legislative changes made over the last decade and reflect changes to case law. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Tosses $13.5 Million Award for CorVel Against E&O Liability Carrier | 11/26/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
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| The Delaware Supreme Court last week threw out a $13.5 million judgment against the errors and omissions liability insurance provider for CorVel Corp., finding the claim was time-barred. ...Read More | |||
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Self-Insurers Want Seat on Air Ambulance Fees Study Committee | 11/26/2018 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Self-Insurance Institute of America is urging Cabinet officials to include self-insurers on an advisory group tasked with studying the thorny issue of air ambulance fees. ...Read More | |||
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Staffing Agency Fined $11,641 Over Farmworker Death | 11/20/2018 | |
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| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Nebraska staffing agency following the death of a farmworker from apparent heat-related causes. ...Read More | |||
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State Marks All-Time Low on Workplace Accident Rate | 11/20/2018 | |
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| Nonfatal workplace injury and illness rates in North Carolina reached an all-time low in 2017, according to a new report from the state Department of Labor. ...Read More | |||
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Second Large Consolidation Voids $2M in Liens | 11/16/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
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| Steven Howser was convicted of conspiring to pay $8,000 in kickbacks to a Southern California doctor who ordered durable medical equipment from his company. As a result, the Division of Workers’ Compensation is wiping out about 1,000 liens with a claimed value of at least $1....Read More | |||
