Workers' Compensation News
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Claimant Attorney Disciplined for Mishandling Trust Account
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05/31/2018
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State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 142 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 2 min read
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A Miami attorney was forced to shut down his practice for 10 days and pay $1,250 in costs for depositing settlement funds from a tort claim into his bank account even though a workers’ compensation carrier had posted a lien claiming a right to a portion of the money.
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Court Rejects Worker's Occupational Disease Claim as Time-Barred
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05/30/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: MT | Segment: WEST | 106 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 158 min read
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The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that a worker was time-barred from pursuing his occupational disease claim, since he waited more than a year to file after being diagnosed with degenerative disc disease.
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Change in Partnership Didn't Leave Employer Without Coverage for Teenager's Death
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05/29/2018
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 106 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 27 min read
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A New York appellate court ruled that a change in partners for a partnership running a farm business did not void the workers’ compensation insurance policy that a carrier had issued to the business, nor the carrier’s acceptance of liability for the death of a teenage employee....Read More
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Court Reinstates Guaranty Association's Declaratory Relief Claim Against Dissolved Trust
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05/29/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 151 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 33 min read
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The South Carolina Court of Appeals last week revived a dispute between the state Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association and a voluntarily dissolved business trust over liability for a collection of workers’ compensation claims that a defunct carrier had taken over when the tr...Read More
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CWCI Finds Dwindling Savings From Medical Networks
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05/25/2018
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By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 1351 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 125 min read
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Medical provider networks, intended to improve care for injured workers and reduce medical spending, shaved only about 2% from average medical costs per claim in California, compared to non-network treatment, according to new data from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute.
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Court Overturns Board's Assessment of Lost Wages for Permanently Disabled Worker
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05/24/2018
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Source: WorkCompCentral
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 103 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 4 min read
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A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board properly determined that a permanently, partially disabled worker had failed to maintain his attachment to the labor market, but substantial evidence did not support the board’s assessment of his lost wage-earning c...Read More
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Cannoles, Clasing & Hock Merges With Albers Firm
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05/23/2018
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State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 52 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 4 min read
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Cannoles, Clasing & Hock, a Baltimore County law firm with a concentration in workers’ compensation, is joining the law firm of Ross W. Albers.
The merger, announced Tuesday, marks Albers' fourth office in Maryland as well as the addition of workers’ compensation ...Read More
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