Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Summary Judgment on Claim for Worker Who Fell From Ladder | 12/20/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to a worker on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a ladder. Case: ...Read More | |||
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CHSWC Members Seek More Input in Study Process | 12/19/2022 | |
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| By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Members of a labor-management advisory panel tasked with making recommendations to improve California’s workers’ compensation system would like to be more involved in the studies they regularly commission. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds WCB's Removal of Chiropractor From List of Authorized Providers | 12/16/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board to remove a chiropractor from the list of authorized providers due to his admitted receipt of payment from a medical equipment supplier. ...Read More | |||
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Claims Processing Administrative Cost Factor Edging Up in 2023 | 12/16/2022 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced that the claims processing administrative cost factor for 2023 is 17.82%. The facto...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Partial Dismissal of Worker's Labor Law Claim | 12/15/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of part of an injured worker’s Labor Law claim for his fall at a construction site. Cas...Read More | |||
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Conspirator in Premium Fraud Scheme Sentenced to 52 Months in Prison | 12/15/2022 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida man who conspired to pay construction workers off the books to fraudulently reduce workers’ compensation costs and payroll taxes was sentenced to four years and four months in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $5.4 million in restitution. ...Read More | |||
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Carisk Partners Completes Acquisition of Advanced Claims Review Specialists | 12/14/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Carisk Partners announced that it completed the acquisition of Advanced Claims Review Specialists, a medical cost containment company using evidence-based analysis of medical bills and records. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Summary Judgment for Worker Injured by Falling Beam | 12/14/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker struck by a falling beam should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award of Benefits, Penalties, Attorney Fees to Dialysis Clinic Worker | 12/13/2022 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld an award of benefits, penalties and attorney fees to a dialysis clinic worker for his injuries from an unwitnessed fall. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Finding Doctor Did Not Commit Fraud in Hiding Conviction | 12/09/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court on Tuesday overturned a judgment in favor a doctor that found he had not violated the Insurance Frauds Prevention Act by failing to disclose a decades-old criminal conviction when applying to become a qualified medical examiner for workers’ compensation cas...Read More | |||
