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	Current Court Reporter Services to Continue Through Sept. 29		09/15/2017
	State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 243 | 0 | Popular with Insurance
	Chief Judge of Compensation Russell Wojtenko has notified stakeholders that the Division of Workers’ Compensation will use three court reporter services th...Read More

	Commissioner Approves Regulatory Filing		09/14/2017
	State: CA | Segment: WEST | 482 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones approved the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau’s 2018 regulatory filing that increases eligibility requirements for experience rating and tweaks dual wage thresholds for 17 construction industry codes. ...Read More

	CopperPoint Expansion Underway With PacificComp Acquisition		09/14/2017
	By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
	State: NA | Segment: Top | 362 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Co. is buying workers’ comp carrier PacificComp for $150 million in cash, in a major step toward the former Arizona state fund’s goals for expansion. ...Read More

	Court Upholds Dismissal of Worker's Malpractice Claim Against Former Attorneys		09/14/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 241 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a worker’s malpractice case against his former attorneys, finding that any alleged negligence by the attorneys had not caused legal harm to the worker because the comp claim wasn't viable in the first place. ...Read More

	Court Upholds Revocation of Insurance Agent's License for Stealing Client's Payment		09/14/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 183 | 0 | Popular with State agency
	The Tennessee Court of Appeals upheld the revocation of an insurance agent’s license for having misappropriated his client’s payments for workers’ compensation coverage. ...Read More

	Chubb Promotes Lou Capparelli to EVP of Global Casualty		09/14/2017
	State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 186 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Chubb has appointed Lou Capparelli as executive vice president of Chubb's Global Casualty business unit, which provides casualty insurance to national and multinational companies within its North America Major Accounts division. ...Read More

	Collins & Lacy Promotes Ashley Kirkham to Shareholder		09/14/2017
	State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 135 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The South Carolina business defense firm Collins & Lacy has promoted Ashley Kirkham to shareholder and chairwoman of the firm's workers' compensation practice group. ...Read More

	Comp Court Denies Benefits to Quadriplegic for Accident Caused by Intoxication		09/13/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: MT | Segment: WEST | 283 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that the resident manager of a mobile home park was not entitled to benefits for an apparent fall off his porch, resulting in quadriplegia, because his accident was caused by severe intoxication. ...Read More

	Commission Doesn't Have Jurisdiction Over Pre-AWCA Retaliation Claim		09/13/2017
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 201 | 0 | Popular with Employer
	The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the Workers' Compensation Commission does not have exclusive jurisdiction over a worker’s retaliatory discharge claim, based on alleged retaliation for an injury sustained before the effective date of the Administrative Workers’ Compensation A...Read More

	Commission Moving Downtown to Consolidate Offices, Hearings Locations		09/13/2017
	State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 160 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission will move its headquarters to downtown Richmond on Dec. 13, the agency said Tuesday. The agency&nb...Read More