Workers' Compensation News
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Va. Employer's Evidence Admitted After Fact
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02/15/2007
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State: VA | Segment: Courts | 0
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Wal-Mart is liable for an employee's visit to a pain clinic because the evaluation was related to a compensable event, the Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled.
The court upheld a finding by the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission that the retail employer is responsible for a pain cli...Read More
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Victoria Office Hosts Dispute Resolution Session
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02/14/2007
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State: TX | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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The Victoria field office of the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation will host a "brown-bag" session from noon to 1 p.m. March 7 on the medical dispute resolution process.
The free session will be in the north meeting room of Citizens Hospital at 2701 Hospital Drive. It will be an op...Read More
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Voc-Rehab Rules Training Set for March 1
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02/13/2007
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State: VT | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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Vermont Workers' Compensation and Safety Division vocational rehabilitation specialist Trudy Smith will conduct a training session on newly adopted vocational rehabilitation rules from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 1.
The session will be held in conference room M2D of the National Life Buildin...Read More
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Voc-Rehab Meeting Results Now Online
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02/12/2007
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State: NE | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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The Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court reported the vocational rehabilitation meeting announcement and results of the Dec. 15 meeting now are available in portable document format (pdf) on the court's Web site.
The meeting included discussion of use of labor market information and develop...Read More
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Va. Carriers Must Notify All Non-Renewals or Be Liable
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02/08/2007
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State: VA | Segment: Courts | 0
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Workers' compensation carriers doing business in Virginia are required to issue non-renewal notifications even when it's the employer who drops the carrier, a court of appeals decided Wednesday.
Travelers Property Casualty Co. was ordered to pay two claims that occurred after a policy had...Read More
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Vermont Gov. Takes Action on Sick Building
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02/05/2007
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State: VT | Segment: Politics | 0
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Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas last week ordered a "phased shutdown" of a state office building in Bennington where six workers have been diagnosed with a rare lung disease, according to press reports.
The governor acted after state senators introduced a bill that would make workers eligible fo...Read More
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Video Library Closed For a Week
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01/30/2007
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State: OH | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation's Division of Safety and Hygiene announced the video library will be shut the week of Feb. 5-9.
The division announced it is "no longer accepting orders to ship out that week."
Normal business operations will resume Feb. 12.
T...Read More
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Victoria Office to Host Session on Forms
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01/19/2007
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State: TX | Segment: Regulatory | 0
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The Victoria field office of the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation will host a "brown bag" educational session on division forms on Jan. 31.
The free session is from noon to 1 p.m. at Citizens Hospital at 2701 Hospital Drive.
The session will be an open forum in which pa...Read More
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Ventura Court Ordered to Review CIGA Reimbursement
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01/11/2007
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Ventura County appeals court was ordered to review a reimbursement dispute between the California Insurance Guarantee Association and State Fund and to rule on the merits of the association's claim for a full $43,500 repayment.
The guarantee association (CIGA) paid the claims of insolv...Read More
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Vermont Making Second Pass on Voc-Rehab Rules
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12/15/2006
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State: VT | Segment: Top | 0
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State regulators in Vermont have withdrawn proposed rules that would have directed vocational rehabilitation screening of injured workers to the state Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
Steve Monahan, director of the state Workers' Compensation & Safety Division, said he learned only ...Read More
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