Workers' Compensation News
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Assembly Line Worker Gets Benefits Plus Multiplier for RT Injury | 07/16/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to an injured assembly line worker, plus medical benefits and a three-multiplier. ...Read More | |||
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Adult Family Home Owner Accused of Double Dipping | 07/15/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that a woman who ran an adult family home while claiming she was too injured to work is facing a felony charge in a $60,000 work comp fraud case. ...Read More | |||
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Amazon Can't Join Injured Worker's Prior Employer as Defendant to Claim | 07/11/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that Amazon.com was not entitled to join an injured employee’s prior employer as a defendant in her claim and that she was entitled to benefits for her shoulder injury. ...Read More | |||
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Annuity Interest Rate Increases to 4.36% | 06/26/2024 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations announced an increase in the interest rate to calculate permanent partial disability lump-sum settlements. ...Read More | |||
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Assembly Insurance Committee Hears Comp Bills Wednesday | 06/24/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Assembly Insurance Committee on Wednesday will hear testimony on proposals to provide temporary disability for medical treatment, create a presumption that heat injuries arose out of agricultural employment and give park rangers and game wardens salary continuation benefits in lieu...Read More | |||
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Amazon Fined $5.9M for Violating Quota Law | 06/20/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Labor Commissioner's Office on Tuesday announced that it fined Amazon $5.9 million for violating the state’s warehouse quota law. ...Read More | |||
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AppliedVR Names Michael Marsau Executive Director, Workers' Compensation | 06/20/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| AppliedVR appointed Michael Marsau as its executive director of workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Ag Labor Contractors Charged in Alleged $16.4M Fraud Scheme | 06/12/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Insurance on Tuesday reported that two farm labor contractors were arraigned on multiple felony charges, including insurance fraud, for allegedly underreporting payroll by more than $16.4 million to save on work comp insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Appeal Can't Be Rejected as Untimely Without Evidence of When Decision Was Mailed | 06/12/2024 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations cannot reject an appeal as untimely based on its “sent” date for a decision without direct evidence that the decision was sent on that date. ...Read More | |||
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ATF Medical Names Katherine Nelson VP of National Sales | 05/21/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| ATF Medical appointed Katherine Nelson to serve as vice president of sales. ...Read More | |||
