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	Court Allows Tort Claim Against Insurer That Doctored Videotape, Had Worker Arrested		09/05/2018
	By: William Rabb (Reporter)
	State: NC \| Segment: Top \| 772 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 36 min read
	After Mario Seguro-Suarez fell 18 feet from a ladder, suffered brain damage and won a claim for total disability, his employer’s insurer went so far as to selectively edit a video of the man, then have him fraudulently arrested by the local police department. ...Read More


	Concrete Company Owner Charged With Underreporting Payroll		09/05/2018

	State: FL \| Segment: SOUTH \| 145 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 3 min read
	A 25-year-old Palm Beach County woman was charged last week with workers' compensation fraud after allegedly underreporting her company's payroll....Read More


	CNA Hires Michael Costonis as Chief Operations Officer		09/05/2018

	State: NA \| Segment: NATIONAL \| 123 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 6 min read
	CNA has announced that Michael Costonis will join the company today as its chief operations officer. ...Read More


	CGL Carrier Didn't Owe Coverage for Employee's Electric Shock		09/05/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: IN \| Segment: NORTH \| 91 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 20 min read
	The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that an employer’s commercial general liability insurance carrier did not owe coverage for an employee’s injuries from an electric shock. ...Read More


	Court Rejects Injured Worker's Deliberate-Intention Claim		09/04/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: CA \| Segment: WEST \| 534 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 24 min read
	A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s tort claim against his employer, concluding that the evidence did not support a finding that the employer had deliberately intended to injure him. ...Read More


	Court Rejects Security Guard's Claim for Additional TTD, Penalties		09/04/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: PA \| Segment: NORTH \| 81 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 5 min read
	The Commonwealth Court ruled that a security guard was not entitled to additional temporary total disability benefits for her injuries from a fall from an office chair, nor was she entitled to penalties against her employer. ...Read More


	Court Upholds Award to Worker for Degenerative Menisci Tears Linked to Job		09/04/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: MD \| Segment: SOUTH \| 72 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 5 min read
	Maryland’s highest court ruled that a worker was entitled to benefits for an occupational disease caused by wear and tear to his knee from his duties as a firefighter and paramedic. ...Read More


	Chiro Clinic Owners Charged in $80 Million Fraud Scheme		09/04/2018

	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 285 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 15 min read
	Two chiropractor brothers and their associates in Middletown, New York, were arrested this week and charged with defrauding the New York State Insurance Fund and other insurers of more than $80 million. ...Read More


	Court Tosses Worker's Labor Law Claims for Fall From Roof		08/31/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 128 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 1 min read
	A New York appellate court threw out a worker’s Labor Law claims based on his injuries from a fall while repairing the roof of a church rectory. ...Read More


	Court Upholds Denial of Officer's Request for Additional TTD		08/31/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: AR \| Segment: SOUTH \| 95 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 10 min read
	The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that an injured law enforcement officer was not entitled to additional medical treatment or temporary total disability benefits after his approved doctor released him to return to full duty. ...Read More

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KY - OSHA Training in Louisville Oct. 22-26

09/24/2018 | 28 | 0

Kentucky's state-run workplace safety agency will offer another round of free training Oct. 22-26, this time in Louisville. The free training for employers and employees will run all week and will cover hazard communication, electrical safety, injury record-keeping, excavation and trenching, spray paint safety, fire protection, confined spaces, and wages and hours. The classes will be at the University of Louisville Shelby Campus, Founders Union Building, Room 6, in Louisville, and will start at 8:30 a.m. each day. Most classes qualify for continuing education credit for plumbing, and h... Read More

RI - Bug-Sniffing Dogs to Check for Bedbugs at WC Court

09/24/2018 | 34 | 0 | 121 min read

Courthouse officials agreed to bring in bug-sniffing dogs to find bedbugs that have brought numerous complaints from workers. After a meeting with employees Thursday, administrators at the Garrahy Judicial Complex in Rhode Island, home to the Workers' Compensation and other courts, said dogs were to be brought in Saturday, according to the Providence Journal newspaper. Union leaders and others have said the complex should be closed and treated for the insects after people complained of seeing the itch-inducing bugs on several floors. But a court administrator said that a pest contro... Read More

NY - Corrections Officer Accused of Working as a Bouncer While on Benefits

09/21/2018 | 128 | 0 | 5 min read

A New York corrections officer has been charged with grand larceny and insurance fraud after investigators discovered that he was working as a bouncer in an Albany-area bar while collecting workers’ compensation benefits, the New York Inspector General’s Office said. Benjamin Essenter, 44, of Clifton Park, was arrested and arraigned in the Town of Colonie Justice Court, according to a press release. Essenter claimed he was injured while working as a corrections officer at Coxsackie Correctional Facility in the summer of 2016. He submitted medical examination reports stating... Read More

CA - Columnist: WCAB Move Fits Pattern of Rewarding Friends With Patronage

09/21/2018 | 555 | 0 | 15 min read

California Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision to appoint a high school classmate to the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board fits with a pattern of rewarding friends with political appointments since the start of his third term in 2011, according to columnist Dan Walters. Juan Pedro Gaffney Walters, a former columnist for the Sacramento Bee who joined the nonprofit CALmatters as a commentary writer in 2017, said that shortly after Brown took office in 2011, he rescinded an appointment his predecessor made to the state community college Board of Governors. Brown’s office exp... Read More

RI - Officials Aren't Itching to Close Courthouse Over Bedbug Sightings

09/21/2018 | 64 | 0 | 1 min read

Despite calls from labor unions to shut down the courthouse because of bedbugs, court administrators have said it's not such a biting concern and plan to keep the building operating. Union officials and courthouse regulars have complained for weeks about the itch-causing insects on several floors of the Garrahy Judicial Complex in Providence and don't feel that the issue is being taken seriously, according to local TV news. "It's a serious situation, and I don't know that they're taking it to the level I think it should be taken," said Michael Dow... Read More

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