Workers' Compensation News


	Credit Card Payments for Comp Policies Spark Debate Over Cost vs. Convenience		08/20/2018
	By: Elaine Goodman (medical/business reporter)
	State: NA \| Segment: Top \| 209 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 6 min read
	Making a workers’ comp premium payment by credit card is a popular option for cash-strapped small businesses, but the practice can be costly to insurance carriers, who have taken a variety of approaches to payment methods. ...Read More


	Court Revives Welder's Jones Act Claim for Onshore Accident		08/20/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: TX \| Segment: SOUTH \| 157 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 8 min read
	A Texas appellate court revived a welder’s negligence claim under the Jones Act, finding a triable issue as to whether he qualified as a “seaman” working on a vessel “in navigation” at the time he was hurt. ...Read More


	Commission Posts Memos on Prompt Claims Servicing, Benefit Reduction		08/17/2018

	State: ID \| Segment: WEST \| 111 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 55 min read
	The Idaho Industrial Commission posted a pair of memos explaining its expectations for prompt claims servicing and the process by which employers can ...Read More


	Court Rejects Worker's Personal Injury Claims From Asbestos Exposure		08/17/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 135 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 6 min read
	A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s personal injury action based on exposure to asbestos as time-barred. Cas...Read More


	Court Says Fraud Indictment Was Procedurally Sound		08/16/2018
	By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
	State: CA \| Segment: Top \| 1600 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 35 min read
	California’s 4th District Court of Appeal refused to throw out a 69-count grand jury indictment accusing a chiropractor of illegally running a law practice, laundering money and defrauding workers' compensation insurers. ...Read More


	Court Upholds Judge's Decision to Reduce Jury Award		08/16/2018
	Source: WorkCompentral
	State: NY \| Segment: NORTH \| 99 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 21 min read
	A New York appellate court ruled that an award of $2 million in damages was appropriate for a worker who was permanently disabled by injuries in a fall from a height of 2 feet. ...Read More


	Coverage Exclusion for Injuries Allowed Carrier to Deny Defense to Employer		08/16/2018
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: TX \| Segment: SOUTH \| 115 \| 0 \| Popular with Insurance \| 12 min read
	A Texas appellate court ruled that a coverage exclusion in an insurance policy for injuries "subject to the Federal Employers Liability Act" allowed a carrier to deny a defense to an employer. ...Read More


	Company Cited After Worker's Throat Lacerated by Blade		08/16/2018

	State: FL \| Segment: SOUTH \| 200 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 25 min read
	The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a Florida construction company almost $58,000 after an employee suffered a serious laceration to his throat. ...Read More


	Commission Proposes Rules to Expand Use of Electronic Document Portal		08/16/2018

	State: NC \| Segment: SOUTH \| 112 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 28 min read
	The North Carolina Industrial Commission is proposing a rule amendment that regulators hope will end the headaches caused when parties file medical motions with the wrong office or submit documents using both em...Read More


	Carriers Seek Less Restrictive Credit Requirement in High-Deductible Policy Rules		08/15/2018
	By: Greg Jones (Deputy Editor)
	State: CA \| Segment: Top \| 504 \| 0 \| Popular with Legal \| 310 min read
	Representatives for the insurance industry say that while they support the idea of establishing minimum financial strength and capital surplus requirements carriers must meet to write large-deductible policies in California, the criteria proposed by the Department of Insurance is too restrictive....Read More

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KY - OSHA Training in Louisville Oct. 22-26

09/24/2018 | 28 | 0

Kentucky's state-run workplace safety agency will offer another round of free training Oct. 22-26, this time in Louisville. The free training for employers and employees will run all week and will cover hazard communication, electrical safety, injury record-keeping, excavation and trenching, spray paint safety, fire protection, confined spaces, and wages and hours. The classes will be at the University of Louisville Shelby Campus, Founders Union Building, Room 6, in Louisville, and will start at 8:30 a.m. each day. Most classes qualify for continuing education credit for plumbing, and h... Read More

RI - Bug-Sniffing Dogs to Check for Bedbugs at WC Court

09/24/2018 | 34 | 0 | 121 min read

Courthouse officials agreed to bring in bug-sniffing dogs to find bedbugs that have brought numerous complaints from workers. After a meeting with employees Thursday, administrators at the Garrahy Judicial Complex in Rhode Island, home to the Workers' Compensation and other courts, said dogs were to be brought in Saturday, according to the Providence Journal newspaper. Union leaders and others have said the complex should be closed and treated for the insects after people complained of seeing the itch-inducing bugs on several floors. But a court administrator said that a pest contro... Read More

NY - Corrections Officer Accused of Working as a Bouncer While on Benefits

09/21/2018 | 127 | 0 | 5 min read

A New York corrections officer has been charged with grand larceny and insurance fraud after investigators discovered that he was working as a bouncer in an Albany-area bar while collecting workers’ compensation benefits, the New York Inspector General’s Office said. Benjamin Essenter, 44, of Clifton Park, was arrested and arraigned in the Town of Colonie Justice Court, according to a press release. Essenter claimed he was injured while working as a corrections officer at Coxsackie Correctional Facility in the summer of 2016. He submitted medical examination reports stating... Read More

CA - Columnist: WCAB Move Fits Pattern of Rewarding Friends With Patronage

09/21/2018 | 555 | 0 | 14 min read

California Gov. Jerry Brown’s decision to appoint a high school classmate to the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board fits with a pattern of rewarding friends with political appointments since the start of his third term in 2011, according to columnist Dan Walters. Juan Pedro Gaffney Walters, a former columnist for the Sacramento Bee who joined the nonprofit CALmatters as a commentary writer in 2017, said that shortly after Brown took office in 2011, he rescinded an appointment his predecessor made to the state community college Board of Governors. Brown’s office exp... Read More

RI - Officials Aren't Itching to Close Courthouse Over Bedbug Sightings

09/21/2018 | 64 | 0 | 1 min read

Despite calls from labor unions to shut down the courthouse because of bedbugs, court administrators have said it's not such a biting concern and plan to keep the building operating. Union officials and courthouse regulars have complained for weeks about the itch-causing insects on several floors of the Garrahy Judicial Complex in Providence and don't feel that the issue is being taken seriously, according to local TV news. "It's a serious situation, and I don't know that they're taking it to the level I think it should be taken," said Michael Dow... Read More

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