Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Denial of Additional TTD for Injured Worker | 07/21/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to additional temporary total disability benefits for her injuries from a car accident. ...Read More | |||
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Goldberg Segalla Adds Attorneys to Comp Groups | 07/21/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Goldberg Segalla announced the addition of attorneys to the firm’s workers’ compensation practice groups in offices along the Eastern Seaboard. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Comp Attorney's Criminal Conviction for Client Kickback Scheme | 07/20/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld the criminal conviction of a veteran workers’ compensation attorney for his part in a conspiracy to refer clients for compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Prosecutors: Fatal Accident Exposes Alleged Payroll Fraud Scheme | 07/20/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office said a fatal truck accident exposed a $460,000 fraud scheme involving the owner of a San Jose roofing company. ...Read More | |||
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Former Pro Football Player Loses Eligibility for Benefits by Election of Remedies | 07/20/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court overturned an award of benefits to a former professional football player, finding he had elected a remedy for his injury under a collective bargaining agreement. ...Read More | |||
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Amerisafe Names Ray Wise Executive Vice President, Chief Sales Officer | 07/20/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Specialty work comp provider Amerisafe announced that Ray Wise is joining the company as executive vice president and chief sales officer. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier's Managing General Agent Can't Stop Administrative Proceedings | 07/20/2023 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Montana Supreme Court ruled that a carrier’s managing general agent was not entitled to a writ to stop an administrative proceeding against it for its alleged failure to provide information to the state in a “usable” format. ...Read More | |||
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WCB Posts Guidance for Disputing Telehealth Payments | 07/20/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board said the fact that medical treatment was provided using telehealth should not be the sole basis for a legal objection to a bill. ...Read More | |||
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State Workplace Safety Regulators Launch Heat Illness Program | 07/20/2023 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health implemented a statewide emphasis program aimed at mitigating heat-related illnesses and injuries in the workplace. ...Read More | |||
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Surgeon Sentenced to 33 Months for Role in Pacific Hospital Kickback Scheme | 07/19/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that a surgeon who accepted more than $315,000 in bribes and kickbacks for performing spinal surgeries at Pacific Hospital of Long Beach was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison. ...Read More | |||
