Workers' Compensation News
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Death From Shooting Preferable to Comp, Police Officer Says | 12/04/2017 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Albuquerque police officer shot four times during a traffic stop in 2015 says death would have been preferable to his workers’ compensation experience, according to a ...Read More | |||
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Discrepancy Between Medical Record, Worker's Account of Accident Didn't Create Triable Issue | 12/04/2017 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the existence of a discrepancy between the description of an accident provided by a construction worker and the account contained in his medical records did not prevent him from receiving a grant of summary judgment on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Double-Dipping Transit Worker Sentenced to 4 Days in Jail, Ordered to Repay $6,075 | 12/01/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Orange County transit worker accused of working at a fishing supply store while receiving workers’ compensation benefits was sentenced to four days in jail and ordered to pay $6,075 in restitution after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor charges Thursday. ...Read More | |||
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Division Updates Forms to Change Outdated Language | 12/01/2017 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation gave notice Thursday that it has revised 10 English- and Spanish-language forms to implement legislation passed earlier this year. ...Read More | |||
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Division Extends SROI Amnesty Program Through March | 11/29/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Division of Workers’ Compensation extended through the end of March an amnesty program intended to allow claims administrators to come into compliance with requirements for reporting Subsequent Reports of Injury data. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Sets Tax and Surcharges for 2018 | 11/29/2017 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Division of Workers’ Compensation is reminding insurers, self-insured employers, group trusts, and third-party administrators of the administrative tax and administrative and Second Injury Fund surcharges for 2018. ...Read More | |||
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Defense Attorney Elliot Borska Named WCJ | 11/27/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 1 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Workers’ compensation defense attorney Elliot Borska has been named a workers’ compensation judge in the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board’s Marina Del Rey district office, his law firm announced. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Suspends Nine Providers Convicted of Fraud | 11/22/2017 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Nearly 100 medical providers have been kicked out of California’s workers’ compensation system since the start of the year. The Divisio...Read More | |||
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Dept. of Children & Family Services Investigators Face Dangerous Work Environment | 11/21/2017 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| At least 12 employees of Illinois' Department of Children and Family Services have been attacked or seriously threatened as they entered homes since 2013, a Chicago Tribune records an...Read More | |||
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DWC Proposes Revisions to Form-005 | 11/21/2017 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Division of Workers’ Compensation is accepting public comments until 5 p.m. Central Dec. 1 on proposed informal revisions to Form-005, Notice of No Coverage or Termination of Coverage. ...Read More | |||
