Workers' Compensation News
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Contractor Charged With Premium Fraud on Dissolved Company's Comp Coverage | 10/02/2020 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida authorities have charged a 71-year-old construction company owner with premium fraud after he allegedly underreported payroll by more than $1 million. ...Read More | |||
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Company Facing Fraud Allegations Charged With Illegally Selling ACA Hardship Waivers | 10/01/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Clovis-based company accused of offering bogus workers’ compensation coverage has no...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Hairdresser's Claim for Mesothelioma | 10/01/2020 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals revived a hairdresser's claim for benefits for his mesothelioma from his exposure to asbestos in the hair dryers he had used over the course of his career. ...Read More | |||
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CLARA Announces Appointment of Two Directors | 10/01/2020 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| CLARA analytics, a provider of artificial intelligence technology in the commercial insurance industry, announced the appointments of Andrew Pinkes and Dave Hollander to its board of directors. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Insurers Agree to Settle Doctors' Class Action for $10 Million | 09/30/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| After three years in federal court in Illinois, a class action lawsuit alleging insurers engaged in a long-running practice to delay medical bills and avoid paying interest on them has resulted in a settlement agreement. ...Read More | |||
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Claimants' Firm Says No Quid Pro Quo in Alleged Kickback Scheme With Pharmacy | 09/29/2020 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: MA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| What began with an investigation into a nationwide mail-order pharmacy's opioid dispensing practices has led to kickback allegations against one of the largest workers' compensation claimants' firms in Massachusetts. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Citation Against Ag Employer | 09/29/2020 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a citation against an agricultural employer for failing to protect a worker from touching a nip point on a conveyor belt, but it overturned the penalty imposed. ...Read More | |||
| COVID is 'Here to Stay,' Say Doctors At WCRI Event | 09/25/2020 | ||
| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two Ohio physicians who have been on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic gave a glimpse Thursday into how treatment of the disease has evolved and offered advice on how employers should be handling it. ...Read More | |||
| Court Finds L&I Responded Properly to Public Records Requests | 09/25/2020 | ||
| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals ruled that the inability of the state Department of Labor & Industries to find erroneously requested documents was not a violation of the Public Records Act. ...Read More | |||
| Committee Approves Clarification to Enhanced Hand-Foot Benefits Law | 09/25/2020 | ||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New Jersey bill that would clarify that expanded benefits for hand and foot injuries should apply to pending claims is one step closer to becoming law. ...Read More | |||
