Workers' Compensation News
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Veteran Attorney Admits Misappropriating Client Funds, Resigns
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02/03/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The New York Appellate Division's 2nd Department last week accepted the resignation of a veteran New York City personal injury attorney who admitted mishandling the funds that a client had received in settling a workers' compensation claim.The case was Matter...Read More
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Valdez Decision Reopened Debate over Non-Network Doctor Reports
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01/29/2014
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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In the past year, the California Supreme Court has handed down only one decision dealing directly with workers' compensation, and naturally the panelists at the California Applicant Attorneys Association winter convention last weekend discussed that ruling as part of a session on the most i...Read More
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Violations in 4 States Give Retailer Repeat Offender Rap
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11/20/2013
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Violations in a Big Lots store in New York count as repeat offenses because they are similar to recent violations filed against Big Lots stores in Alabama, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has determined in assessin...Read More
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Verizon Agrees to Settlement following Fatal Electrocution
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11/14/2013
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The U.S. Department of Labor announced Tuesday it has reached a $147,000 settlement with Verizon New York to resolve safety citations issued in connection with the Sept. 14, 2011, electrocution of a worker in Brooklyn, N.Y.The Labor Department said in a press release the settlement addre...Read More
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Video Evidence of Active Claimant Leads to Reduced Damages Award
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10/28/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: LA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Surveillance video of an injured Louisiana oil-rig worker dancing, jumping out of the bed of a pickup and squatting with a dog food bag on his shoulder helped persuade the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that the district court's $200,000 award for general damages was "clearly excessive."...Read More
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Volunteer Who Got Comp Was Not an Employee under FEHA
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10/18/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A volunteer firefighter's receipt of workers' compensation benefits did not make her a municipal employee for purposes of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, a California appellate court ruled.Case: Enriquez v. City of Sierra Madre, No. B240916, 10/16/2013, ...Read More
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Village Couldn't Avoid Premiums by Reclassifying Officers
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10/17/2013
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Village of Laurelville is going to resume paying workers' compensation premiums for its police officers, after receiving a $2,300 bill from the Bureau of Workers' Compensation.The village had attempted to declare that its police officers were independent contractors by classi...Read More
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Volatile Claims Costs Driving 2.8% Loss-Cost Increase
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10/08/2013
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State: DC | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Volatility in both indemnity and medical costs per claim drove a 2.8% increase in workers' compensation loss costs approved to take effect in the District of Columbia on Nov. 1, the National Council on Compensation Insurance reported.NCCI held its annual advisory forum in the distric...Read More
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Village Votes to Disband Volunteer Fire Department over Comp Claim
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09/26/2013
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Village of Prospect, N.Y., voted 86-46 Tuesday night to disband the local volunteer fire department in response to a 2008 firefighter's workers' compensation claim that officials are warning could bankrupt the village.The Utica Observer-Dispatch reported that, effective at 8 ...Read More
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Village Moving to Close Fire Department in Wake of Comp Claim
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09/12/2013
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Village Board for the Village of Prospect, N.Y., voted Monday night to shut down the village fire department in response to a pending $101,400 settlement of a firefighters' workers' compensation claim, the Utica Observer-Dispatch reported.The newspaper said the village's ...Read More
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