Workers' Compensation News
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Auto Repair Shop Owner Pleads Guilty to Operating Without Comp | 07/26/2022 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that the owner of an auto repair shop in Kennewick pleaded guilty to failing to provide workers’ compensation coverage for his employees for the second time. ...Read More | |||
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Alleged Tortfeasor Can't Maintain Indemnity Claim Against Injured Worker's Employer | 07/26/2022 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Superior Court ruled that an alleged tortfeasor could not maintain a claim for indemnity from the injured plaintiff’s employer. ...Read More | |||
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Auto Policy's Provision Allowing UIM Benefits Offset Not Enforceable | 07/25/2022 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Indiana Court of Appeals invalidated an auto insurance policy’s language allowing for a reduction in payment of benefits to an injured motorist to account for his recoveries from the workers’ compensation system and an underinsured motorist. ...Read More | |||
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Arbitrator Must Decide Whether Employer Waited Too Long to Demand Arbitration | 07/22/2022 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that an arbitrator had to decide whether a statute of limitations deadline in an arbitration agreement barred a nonsubscribing employer from compelling arbitration of a worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
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Availability of Eye Protection Not Enough for Contractor to Get Dismissal of Labor Law Claim | 07/22/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a general contractor was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing a worker’s Labor Law claim just because it provided eye protection equipment at the job site. ...Read More | |||
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Armored Car Guard Shot by Co-Worker Can't Proceed With Negligence Claim | 07/22/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an armored car guard could not proceed with a negligence case against a co-worker who accidentally shot him. ...Read More | |||
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AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of AMERISAFE and Subsidiaries | 07/18/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| AM Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A (excellent)” and the long-term issuer credit ratings of “a plus (excellent)” of American Interstate Insurance Co., Silver Oak Casualty, Inc. and American Interstate Insurance Co. of Texas, collectively referred to as...Read More | |||
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Actress Charged With Double Dipping | 07/12/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Insurance announced that an actress is facing two felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud for allegedly receiving $90,000 in benefits while working on a television show. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Commission Orders ExamWorks to Comply With Subpoena | 07/11/2022 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Michigan Workers’ Disability Compensation Appeals Commission overturned a magistrate and ordered ExamWorks to comply with a subpoena that it said the company failed to properly challenge. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Suspended for Falsifying Business Records as Part of Comp Scheme | 07/06/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ordered a one-year suspension for an attorney convicted of falsifying business records for his payroll company’s client as part of a workers’ compensation fraud scheme. ...Read More | |||
