Workers' Compensation News
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Construction Labor Contractors Charged With Fraud | 10/25/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal prosecutors in Florida announced that five people were indicted on fraud charges for an alleged labor contracting scheme that was structured to avoid payroll taxes and comp coverage. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI: Drop in Opioid Prescriptions More Pronounced in Comp | 10/24/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Declines in opioid use among injured workers exceeded the decline among the overall population from 2017 to 2023, the California Workers' Compensation Institute reports. ...Read More | |||
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Claims School Seminar to Explore Return to Work, Case Law and IMEs | 10/24/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| Workers’ compensation defense firm Reinisch Wilson Weier is holding a one-day educational seminar in November that will cover case law affecting the Washington state workers’ compensation system, the independent medical examination process and return to work. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award for Worker's Collapsed Lung | 10/23/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to benefits for a collapsed lung from an on-the-job exposure. Case: M...Read More | |||
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Claimant Confusion Leads to Lawsuits Against Comp Attorney | 10/22/2024 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A claimants' attorney in Mississippi is facing a trio of lawsuits after having a client arrested for cashing what turned out to be the settlement check of another injured worker with the same name. ...Read More | |||
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Contractor Fined for Safety Violations That Caused Worker's Death | 10/22/2024 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Federal workplace safety investigators fined a Massachusetts waterproofing contractor $283,115 for safety violations they say led to a worker's death. ...Read More | |||
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CHP Captain Arrested for Alleged Comp Fraud | 10/21/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Highway Patrol announced that a former captain was arrested on suspicion of workers' compensation insurance fraud and theft. Matthe...Read More | |||
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Court Dismisses Carrier's Challenge to Compensability Finding | 10/21/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court dismissed an insurance carrier’s challenge to a trial judge’s finding of compensability for a worker’s death, ruling that the judgment entered had been void. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds 45% SLU for Worker's Knee Injury | 10/21/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a 45% schedule loss of use award for a worker’s knee injury. Case: Matter of Wright v. Elme...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Worker's 1% PPD Award for Knee Injury | 10/18/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 1% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s knee injury. Case: ...Read More | |||
