Workers' Compensation News
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WCIRB Publishes 2023 Interactive Industry Stats Report | 08/07/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released the 2023 edition of its report identifying premium, exposure and loss information based on unit statistical report date for policy years 2004 to 2020. ...Read More | |||
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Flooring Company Owner Ordered to Pay $580,000 in Restitution for Premium Fraud, Wage Theft | 08/07/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owner of a flooring company in Northern California was ordered to pay $580,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to premium fraud and wage theft charges. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Gets Relief From Discovery Order in Personal Injury Action | 08/07/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that an employer was entitled to conditional writ relief vacating a trial judge’s order compelling it to produce discovery in an employee’s civil suit for an allegedly work-related injury. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Easing Requirements for Firefighter Cancer Claims | 08/07/2023 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on Friday signed a bill loosening requirements for firefighters to claim cancer as an occupational disease. ...Read More | |||
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Landscaper Owes BWC $23,611 in Restitution | 08/07/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that a self-employed landscaper who continued working while collecting disability benefits was ordered to pay $23,611 in restitution. ...Read More | |||
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Worker's Failure to Challenge Administrative Decision Forecloses Civil Remedy Against Employer | 08/07/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s personal injury claims against his subscribing employer, finding he failed to properly challenge the administrative ruling that he was not an independent contractor. ...Read More | |||
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PIP Carriers Must Reimburse Urgent Care Facility Fees | 08/07/2023 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Florida appellate court ruled that three personal injury protection insurance carriers were required to reimburse an urgent care provider for its facility fees. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Prosecutor's Challenge to Reduction of Insurance Fraud Charges | 08/04/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court denied the prosecution’s challenge to the dismissal of a felony workers’ compensation insurance fraud charge and the reduction of the remaining felony charge to a misdemeanor. ...Read More | |||
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Kids' Chance Announces Record-Setting Scholarship Awards | 08/04/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Kids’ Chance of California awarded $400,000 in scholarships to 37 students this year. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Proposes Adoption of Updated Treatment Guidelines | 08/04/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced plans to incorporate into the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule updated guidelines from the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. ...Read More | |||
