Workers' Compensation News
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Conflicting Evidence Precludes Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 12/21/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law claim could not be decided on summary judgment because there were triable issues as to whether a statutory exemption applied. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI Opens Registration for Annual Meeting | 12/20/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute opened registration for its 59th annual meeting, set for March 8 in Walnut Creek. ...Read More | |||
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Comp Court Asked to Decide Jurisdiction Over Child Abuse Allegations | 12/20/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York trial court agreed with publisher Gannett Co. that a workers’ compensation judge should determine whether exclusivity prohibits lawsuits alleging a supervisor molested and sexually assaulted children delivering newspapers 40 years ago. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
