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Workers' Compensation News
| Andrew Indeck Named Chairman at Weber Gallagher | 07/10/2018 | ||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 109 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read | |||
| The partnership at law firm Weber Gallagher has elected Andrew Indeck as firm chairman. Indeck, who became chairman on Monday, is the first chair based outside of Philadelphia in the firm’s 27-year history, NJ Biz ...Read More | |||
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ALJ's Don't Need to Rank Causes of Firefighter's Cancer in Determining Compensability | 07/06/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 137 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 433 min read | |||
| The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that an administrative law judge does not have to rank risk factors in the course of determining whether an employer rebutted the statutory presumption that a firefighter’s cancer was caused by his employment. ...Read More | |||
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Adjuster Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Employer | 07/05/2018 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 281 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 16 min read | |||
| A claims adjuster for State Farm Insurance has admitted that she defrauded her employer out of approximately $4,000 by submitting false information in support of insurance claims. ...Read More | |||
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Attorneys Request Rehearing on Constitutionality of Statutory Mandate to Use AMA Guides | 07/03/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 235 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 3 min read | |||
| A group of Oklahoma claimants’ attorneys are asking the state Supreme Court to reconsider its decision upholding the constitutionality of a statutory requirement for the use of the sixth edition of the American Medical Association Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment to det...Read More | |||
| Assessment Rate Drops for Fourth Straight Year | 06/29/2018 | ||
| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 256 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 14 min read | |||
| Beginning Sunday, the assessment rate for employers in Massachusetts will drop for the fourth straight year, the state Department of Industrial Accidents ...Read More | |||
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Attorneys Should Send Representation Notices Electronically, Commission Says | 06/28/2018 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 168 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 108 min read | |||
| The South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission is encouraging attorneys to file their notices of representation electronically to save time and money. ...Read More | |||
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Ametros CEO to Discuss Creative Settlements at CCWC Conference | 06/27/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 767 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 152 min read | |||
| Marques Torbert, chief executive officer for Ametros, will participate in a panel discussion about creative settlement techniques during the California Coalition on Workers’ Compensation’s annual Conference, Legislative and Educational Forum next month. ...Read More | |||
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ALJ Files Suit After Lawmakers Cut Funding for His Position | 06/27/2018 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: MO | Segment: Top | 237 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 44 min read | |||
| Call it the administrative law judge who would not go away. ...Read More | |||
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Alleged Fall Hazards Prompt $149K Fine for Roofing Company | 06/27/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 186 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 45 min read | |||
| A roofing company based in Sarasota, Florida, is facing $149,662 in proposed fines for allegedly exposing employees to fall and other hazards. Cro...Read More | |||
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Airport Worker Collected $5,500 a Month in Injury Benefits While Doing Labor | 06/26/2018 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 250 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 20 min read | |||
| A Tampa-area man was sentenced to restitution and six months of home detention after pleading guilty to working while collecting federal workers' compensation benefits and lying about it. ...Read More | |||
