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Workers' Compensation News
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Court Nixes Employer's Subrogation Lien Against Possible Future 3rd-Party Recoveries | 08/22/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 115 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 57 min read | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that an employer’s lien against the potential third-party recoveries that a worker’s widow might obtain was properly taken down to $0. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Waived Right to Subrogate Against Worker's 3rd-Party Recovery | 08/22/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 196 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 80 min read | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier had waived its right to reimbursement for the benefits it had paid to an oil rig worker from the worker’s third-party recovery. ...Read More | |||
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Craig Morelos Joins Epic's P&C Practice | 08/22/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 72 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 79 min read | |||
| Craig Morelos has joined Epic Insurance Brokers and Consultants as a principal in the firm's property and casualty practice. Morelos will repor...Read More | |||
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Claims School to Explore Case Law, IMEs | 08/22/2018 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 162 | 0 | Popular with Injured worker | 297 min read | |||
| Workers’ compensation defense firm Reinisch Wilson Weier is holding a one-day educational seminar in September that will cover case law affecting the Washington state workers’ compensation system, as well as the independent medical examination process. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes Amended RTW, Fraud Reporting Bills | 08/21/2018 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 523 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 69 min read | |||
| The Senate Appropriations Committee passed amended bills addressing the process of applying for payments from the $120 million Return to Work Supplemental Program and how state agencies share data about workers’ compensation fraud. ...Read More | |||
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Company Provides Free Injury Coverage for Gig Drivers | 08/21/2018 | |
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| By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter) | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 259 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 88 min read | |||
| Drivers for restaurant-delivery service Caviar are the latest gig-economy workers to be offered occupational accident coverage through OneBeacon Insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Award of Damages, Interest in Dispute Between Business Partners | 08/21/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 74 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 11 min read | |||
| An Ohio appellate court overturned an award of damages and interest in a dispute between business partners who had executed a profit-sharing agreement. ...Read More | |||
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Claimant Must Pay Restitution for Double-Dipping | 08/21/2018 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 156 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 58 min read | |||
| The Travis County District Court ordered a claimant to pay $8,192 in restitution after he was convicted on workers’ compensation fraud charges for double-dipping, Texas Mutual Insurance Co. said Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Decision Rejecting Employer's Challenge to Worker's Medical Bills | 08/21/2018 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 108 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 141 min read | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was not entitled to a judgment in its favor on the reasonable and necessary nature of the medical fees that a worker incurred for a compensable back injury. ...Read More | |||
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CFO of Company Used to Conceal Pacific Hospital Kickbacks Pleads Guilty | 08/20/2018 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1760 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 42 min read | |||
| The chief financial officer of a company that was used to conceal kickbacks paid to providers who referred workers’ compensation patients to Pacific Hospital of Long Beach pleaded guilty Friday to aiding in the preparation of a false tax return. ...Read More | |||
