Workers' Compensation News


	Court Accepts Guilty Plea From Doctors in PHLB Case		08/28/2018

	State: CA \| Segment: WEST \| 1151 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 24 min read
	A pair of doctors formally pleaded guilty to charges relating to their roles in the Pacific Hospital of Long Beach kickback scheme. The U.S. Dis...Read More


	Court Rejects Injured Juvenile Detention Officer's Claims of Retaliation, Discrimination		08/28/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: FL \| Segment: SOUTH \| 149 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 12 min read
	A federal appellate court upheld the dismissal of an injured worker’s claim of disability discrimination and retaliation, finding she could not state a viable claim, since she was undisputedly unable to perform the essential functions of her job. ...Read More


	Court Nixes Administrative Shortcut for Resolving Reimbursement Disputes		08/28/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: KS \| Segment: NORTH \| 94 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 36 min read
	The Kansas Court of Appeals last week rebuked the state director of workers’ compensation for overstepping his authority by ordering one insurance carrier to reimburse another for the payment of benefits that the former should have made instead of the latter. ...Read More


	Construction Companies Cited After Worker's Fatal Fall		08/28/2018

	State: CO \| Segment: WEST \| 57 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 146 min read
	Two Colorado construction companies have been issued federal safety citations after a worker suffered a fatal fall at a Greenwood Village work site. ...Read More


	Commission Meets Today; Will Review Changes in Claims, Budget		08/27/2018

	State: SC \| Segment: SOUTH \| 113 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 75 min read
	The South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission will meet at 10:30 a.m. today to review performance metrics for the past year and budget changes for 2019. ...Read More


	Court Overturns Award to Volunteer Firefighter With Cancer		08/27/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: PA \| Segment: NORTH \| 157 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 6 min read
	The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania overturned an award of benefits to a volunteer firefighter, finding that the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board had applied the wrong standard to determine whether he had provided timely notice of his claim. ...Read More


	Court Tosses Summary Judgment Due to Judge's Error in Choice of Law Analysis		08/27/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: LA \| Segment: SOUTH \| 121 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 3 min read
	A Louisiana appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for a worker’s alleged statutory employers, finding that the trial judge erred in determining the governing law for an out-of-state accident. ...Read More


	Court Rejects Worker's Request to Add Labor Law Claim as 'Patently Devoid of Merit'		08/24/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 128 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 217 min read
	A New York appellate court ruled that a trial judge properly denied a worker’s request to amend his Labor Law claim from asserting he had sustained injuries in a slip-and-fall to add a claim that he had also fallen off a ladder. ...Read More


	Court Upholds Summary Judgment for Worker Injured While Lowering Machine From Roof		08/24/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 101 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 3 min read
	A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for an injury he sustained while helping a group of coworker lower a cutting machine from the roof of a building. ...Read More


	Court Upholds Judge's Finding That Worker's Injury Came From Hunting Accident		08/24/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: PA \| Segment: NORTH \| 116 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 20 min read
	The Commonwealth Court upheld the denial of benefits to a worker for an alleged neck injury, finding a judge had adequately and objectively explained her credibility determinations based on the conflicting evidence. ...Read More

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TN - Advisory Council to Review NCCI Rate Filing

09/26/2018 | 37 | 0

Tennessee’s Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation will review the National Council on Compensation Insurance's filing for a proposed 19% rate cut during a meeting in Nashville on Oct. 11. The panel will hear from two actuaries who reviewed the filing: Mary Jean King of By the Numbers Actuarial Consulting, who is contracted with the advisory council; and Chris Burkhalter of Bickerstaff, Whatley, Ryan & Burkhalter, who was hired by the state Department of Commerce & Insurance. Dana Cunningham, a director and actuary for NCCI, will be on hand to respond to the r... Read More

IA - Division Delays Launch of Case Management System

09/26/2018 | 26 | 0

The Iowa Division of Workers' Compensation is postponing the rollout of its Workers’ Compensation Electronic System to make sure bugs are worked out before the system goes live. The division had planned to launch WCES on Dec. 3 but announced this week that it is delaying the launch so it can thoroughly test the system. The division hasn’t determined when the system will be able to go live. “Work will not stop on this project, and the division will publish a revised go-live date once we have agreement among the vendors and the division,” the DWC... Read More

CA - Mail Carrier Dies From Overheating After Return From Comp Injury

09/26/2018 | 31 | 0 | 1 min read

A 63-year-old U.S. Postal Service carrier who was found unconscious in her truck on the first day back to work after an injury died from hyperthermia, according to a report by the San Jose Mercury News. Peggy Frank died from overheating July 6, the Los Angeles County coroner concluded. The temperature reached 117 degrees in Woodland Hills on the day Frank was found in her mail truck, which didn’t have air conditioning. Officials from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the U.S. Postal Service opened a workplace safety investigation following the death. Frank ... Read More

OH - Two Plead Guilty to Working While Collecting Injury Benefits

09/25/2018 | 65 | 0 | 22 min read

Just a few weeks after claiming he was injured in 2016 while working at a restaurant, a Cleveland-area man went back to work. Now, he must pay some $4,000 in restitution and a $500 fine after pleading guilty last week to workers' compensation fraud. Anthony Caputo, 67, worked for four different employers while collecting benefits and never reported his employment, officials with the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation said in a news release. Most recently, investigators, acting on a tip, observed Caputo working as a valet at a hospital. “In fact, we found he went ba... Read More

ID - Industrial Commission Posts Opioid Presentation

09/25/2018 | 91 | 0 | 44 min read

The Idaho Industrial Commission posted to its website a slideshow and audit recording from a presentation about medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction in the workers’ compensation system. The session focuses on the scope of the opioid overuse epidemic, definitions of opioid use disorder, addiction and recovery, and evidence-based treatments for opioid use disorder. It also included a discussion about opioid agonists methadone and buprenorphine. Audio from the hour-long presentation is available here. Slides are here. ... Read More

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