Workers' Compensation News
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After Worker's Fatal Fall, Cell Tower Company Owner Pleads to Misclassification | 10/07/2019 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Prosecutors in West Virginia are recommending probation, restitution and a $1,000 fine after a cellphone tower construction company owner pleaded guilty to defrauding his workers' compensation carrier. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Named to Workers' Comp Commission | 10/03/2019 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Haiti-born workers' compensation attorney has been named to the Connecticut Workers' Compensation Commission, the commission announced in a bulletin this week. ...Read More | |||
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Attorney Charged in $22M Kickback Case Enters Plea Agreement | 09/30/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An attorney who unsuccessfully claimed he was not competent to stand trial on charges that he participated in a $22 million kickback scheme targeting California workers’ compensation carriers accepted a plea deal, according to federal court records. ...Read More | |||
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Appeals Panel Revives Worker's Mold Exposure Claim | 09/30/2019 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Tennessee Supreme Court’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel revived a worker’s claim for injury from her alleged exposure to mold, finding there was a triable question as to whether it ought to be barred by the statute of limitations. ...Read More | |||
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Accused Labor Trafficker, Awaiting Trial, Spotted Again at Construction Site | 09/26/2019 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| State and local officials are expressing outrage after a man at the heart of a major Minnesota labor-trafficking prosecution was back on a construction site, just weeks before his trial begins. ...Read More | |||
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Alliant Hires John Riley as VP for Northeast | 09/23/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| John Riley has joined Alliant Insurance Services as vice president in the company’s office in White Plains, New York. ...Read More | |||
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Appellants Forfeit Constitutional Challenge to ALJ Appointments | 09/20/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that two litigants could not raise a constitutional challenge to the appointment of judges without exhausting their arguments before the Benefits Review Board. ...Read More | |||
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Anti-Ulcer Medicine Contains Traces of Carcinogen, FDA Warns | 09/18/2019 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An anti-ulcer medication sometimes prescribed to injured workers has been found to contain low levels of a carcinogen, the Food and Drug Administration announced. ...Read More | |||
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Alliant Forms M&A Group | 09/13/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Alliant Insurance Services has announced the formation of a new brokerage service, Alliant Mergers and Acquisitions. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Sends AB 5 to Governor; Author Introduces Additional Exemptions | 09/12/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| California lawmakers on Wednesday voted to send the governor a bill that would require employers to reclassify a large swath of workers as employees, while the author of the measure introduced new legislation proposing to exempt another group of workers from the new rules. ...Read More | |||
