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Employer Failed to Prove Worker's Pre-Existing Conditions Were Hinderance to Employment 02/16/2016
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker with several pre-existing health conditions did not suffer from any condition that substantially hindered her employability to the point that her employer's comp carrier could obtain reimbursement from the Special Disability Fund for the benefits...Read More
 
 
Everest Opens Houston Office 02/11/2016
State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
Everest Re Group announced Wednesday the opening of the Everest Insurance Houston office as part of the Bermuda-based reinsurer's plan to strengthen its presence in the South, in the energy corridor in particular. Everest Insurance now has 17 offices across North America supporti...Read More
 
 

Employer's Failure to Timely File Cost Bond Was Fatal to Its Appeal 02/05/2016
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that timely service of a bond upon the administrator of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals is a mandatory prerequisite to having the Supreme Court review a decision of the WCCA. ...Read More
 
 

Employer Wasn't Prejudiced by Commission's Belated Provision of Reports to Doctors 02/05/2016
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance
The Industrial Commission's inadvertent failure to provide its reviewing physicians with medical reports prepared by an employer's doctors at the same time it provided the reports prepared by the employee's doctors was not prejudicial error, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled. ...Read More
 
 
EDI Update, Special Fund Assessments and Reports on Agenda for Advisory Committee 02/04/2016
State: ID | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
Members of the Idaho Advisory Committee on Workers' Compensation will be briefed on the Industrial Commission's implementation of Electronic Data Interchange Release 3.0 during a Feb. 10 meeting. The Industrial Commission plans to launch the new EDI claims system and require all c...Read More
 
 
Electrician Pays $94,063 Restitution for Tax and Workers' Comp Fraud 02/04/2016
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York state electrician will serve three years probation and pay $94,063 restitution after pleading guilty to tax and workers' compensation fraud charges, according to a report by the Times Herald-...Read More
 
 

Evaluation of Network Care Among Comments on Medical Quality Audit Plan 02/04/2016
State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Medical
One Texas attorney believes injured workers should get the same treatment in-network as those out of network, and that there shouldn’t be a cookie-cutter method to treating injured workers. ...Read More
 
 

Employer Can't Transfer Liability for Worker's 21-Year Old Respiratory Injury to Special Fund 02/04/2016
Source: WorkCompCentral
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal
A New York appellate court ruled that an employer could not transfer liability for a worker's respiratory ailments from a 1995 on-the-job accident to the Special Fund for Reopened Cases. ...Read More
 
 
Epic Welcomes New Hospitality Practice Leader for West Region 02/01/2016
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
Epic Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a national retail insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm, announced that Renée Crow has joined the firm as vice president and West region hospitality practice leader. Crow has specialized in risk management and insurance se...Read More
 
 
Edwards Administration Mum on Formulary, Treatment Guideline Plans 01/29/2016
State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
Three weeks after the inauguration of Gov. John Bel Edwards, the Louisiana Workforce Commission on Wednesday announced that the chief judge for the Office of Workers’ Compensation will take over as director of the agency. But the administration isn’t saying whether it wil...Read More
 
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