Workers' Compensation News
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Anti-Fraud Coalition Wants Care for Undocumented Workers Hurt on Job | 08/23/2017 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud is asking Florida lawmakers to close a loophole that allows insurers to deny benefits to severely injured undocumented workers because of a legal technicality. ...Read More | |||
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Attorneys: No Need For Unpublished, Uncitable Opinions in Internet Age | 08/22/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In a recent blog post, Chicago defense attorney Eugene Keefe bemoaned a longtime thorn in his side: the Illinois Supreme Court's Rule 23. ...Read More | |||
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Aloha Stadium Cited for Multiple Safety Violations | 08/21/2017 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Division has issued 12 citations and $47,000 in penalties to Aloha Stadium in Aiea for exposing workers to safety and health hazards. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Court Approves Dismissal of Terminated Arbitrators' Lawsuit | 08/17/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appeals court affirmed a lower court's decision to toss a lawsuit that four Illinois workers' compensation arbitrators filed against the state after they lost their jobs in 2011. ...Read More | |||
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Another State Sues Purdue Pharma Over Opioid Claims | 08/16/2017 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Purdue Pharma allegedly told doctors that patients who appeared to be addicted to opioids were only “pseudo-addicted” and actually needed more opioids, according to a lawsuit filed against the drugmaker on Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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ASIA Annual Conference, Golf Tournament Set for Sept. 21-22 | 08/11/2017 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Self-Insurers Association will hold its annual conference and golf tournament this September at Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino in Chandler. ...Read More | |||
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Appellate Panel Challenges Peers' Ruling in Exclusive Remedy Decision | 08/10/2017 | |
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| By: Emily Brill (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| A California appellate court panel ruled that an employee may pursue a tort claim against her supervisor for intentional infliction of emotional distress, creating a conflict with another panel's reading of a 2008 state Supreme Court opinion. ...Read More | |||
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AG Sues Purdue Pharma Over Oxycontin Marketing Tactics | 08/10/2017 | |
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| State: NH | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office has filed a consumer protection action against drug company Purdue Pharma for alleged unfair or deceptive marketing and business practices related to its opioid Oxycontin. ...Read More | |||
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AmTrust Posts Another Net Income Decrease in Q2 | 08/09/2017 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| AmTrust Financial Services Inc. on Tuesday reported second quarter net income of $5.8 million, a decrease compared to $127 million in the second quarter of 2016. ...Read More | |||
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Analysis: PTSD Presumption Bill Could Create 'Extensive' Liability | 08/09/2017 | |
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| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A bill that would create a presumption that post-traumatic stress syndrome suffered by public safety workers is a compensable workplace injury could create “extensive” potential liability to the state and local governments, according to an analysis by the state finance office. ...Read More | |||
