Workers' Compensation News
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Advertising for Seminar on EquityComp Program Didn't Violate Trademark Laws | 01/16/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that the advertising for a workers’ compensation seminar on the controversial EquityComp program did not infringe upon Applied Underwriters’ trademarks. ...Read More | |||
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Appellate Panel Tells Trial Court to Stop Delaying on Employer's Motion | 01/15/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled that an employer that had waited for more than a year for a hearing on its motion to dismiss or transfer a workers’ compensation claim was entitled to a writ compelling the trial court to rule. ...Read More | |||
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Alliant Promotes Jennifer Baumann to General Counsel | 01/14/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| Brokerage firm Alliant Insurance Services has named longtime in-house counsel Jennifer Baumann its general counsel and corporate secretary. ...Read More | |||
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After Months of Comments, DWC Posts Final Enforcement Action Rules | 01/11/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| It took almost a year, but the squeaky wheels found the grease they were hoping for after the Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation revised rules to relax and clarify enforcement actions against insurers. ...Read More | |||
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Attorneys for Worker's Widow Didn't Have Enforceable Agreement to Split Fees | 01/10/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that the attorneys who had represented the widow of a worker who was killed in a plane crash had not entered into an enforceable fee-sharing agreement, and that one of the attorneys could pursue a tortious interference with contract claim against the other. ...Read More | |||
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Allegedly Injured Worker Waited Too Long to Add New Claims | 01/09/2019 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an allegedly injured worker was not entitled to amend his complaint against his admitted employer to add claims he could have previously asserted. ...Read More | |||
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AmTrust, Swiss Re Make Deal on Small Commercial Policies | 01/07/2019 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| AmTrust Financial Services Inc. has entered into a quota share agreement for 2019 with Swiss Reinsurance America Corp. The agreement covers U.S. sm...Read More | |||
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Applied Underwriters Accuses Employers of Shifting Legal Theories | 12/31/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Applied Underwriters is asking a federal judge to ignore the reply brief that a group of California employers filed in support of their motion for class certification because it allegedly introduced new legal theories, proposed a new subclass and included several misstatements. ...Read More | |||
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ALJ Rules Against Municipal League in Firefighter's Cancer Claim | 12/31/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In another round in the battle between municipal insurers and sickened firefighters, an administrative law judge this month ruled against the Texas Municipal League's denial of a Mission, Texas, fireman's cancer claim. ...Read More | |||
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Advisory Committee Announces Schedule for Meetings | 12/28/2018 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Alaska's Workers' Compensation Review and Advisory Committee announced dates for three of four quarterly meetings to be held in 2019. ...Read More | |||
