Workers' Compensation News
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Unreasonable Delay in Investigation Results in Acquittal | 03/29/2019 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Missouri appellate court ruled that an unreasonable delay in the investigation of an allegedly uninsured employer resulted in charges becoming time-barred. ...Read More | |||
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UTEP to Study Work-Related Injuries | 03/21/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A teacher at the University of Texas, El Paso, received a grant to identify strategies to prevent workplace injuries that occur when tendons degenerate or wear out from long-term use, the school announced. ...Read More | |||
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United Heartland Adds Three States and D.C. | 03/19/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| United Heartland is now offering workers’ compensation insurance in three additional states — Pennsylvania, Maryland and Louisiana — as well as the District of Columbia. ...Read More | |||
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University Facing 43 Comp Claims for Asbestos Exposure | 03/14/2019 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Forty-three University of Montana workers have filed workers’ compensation claims for exposure to asbestos since December, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Uber Reaches $20M Settlement With Drivers in Classification Spat | 03/13/2019 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc. reached a $20 million settlement with approximately 13,600 drivers who said they were misclassified as contractors, according to documents filed with the federal court for Northern California. ...Read More | |||
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Ugaste Bill Calls for New WC Fee Schedule After 2020 | 03/06/2019 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A bill that would revise the Illinois workers' compensation fee schedules after next year will get a committee hearing today, but the Republican-sponsored measure is not expected to advance much beyond that. ...Read More | |||
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U.S. Supreme Court Allows Railways to Withhold Taxes on Lost-Wage Awards Under FELA | 03/05/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Nothing is certain but death and taxes, as Benjamin Franklin once observed. While it is unquestioned that no one can escape death, the U.S. Su...Read More | |||
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UR Blocks Treatment for Injured Cop, Wife Says | 02/28/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An injured Texas police officer and his wife have taken to the airwaves to protest after the man's medical treatment benefits were stopped by utilization review. ...Read More | |||
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University Hit With Wave of Asbestos Claims | 02/12/2019 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| University of Montana workers have filed more than 30 workers’ compensation claims for asbestos exposure since the carcinogenic mineral was found in a campus building in December, the ...Read More | |||
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Updated Fee Schedule Has New Telemedicine Definition | 02/04/2019 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Michigan Workers’ Compensation Agency has published its Health Care Services Rules and Fee Schedule, which took effect on Jan. 8. The...Read More | |||
