Workers' Compensation News
| Employee's Electrocution Prompts $63,000 in OSHA Penalties against Warehouse | 03/05/2015 | ||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The electrocution of an employee at a New Jersey warehouse prompted the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue 10 citations and propose $63,000 in penalties. According to a report by NJ.com, 48-year-old Pedro Vincent-Diaz Villafuerte was found lying on the floor next ...Read More | |||
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Employer Gets 2nd Chance to Prove Claimant's Crimes Showed his Capability for Work | 03/03/2015 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: MI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Michigan Court of Appeals panel last week overturned an administrative order denying an employer's request to stop paying benefits to a former employee who had spent 23 months in federal prison for his role in a cash-smuggling scheme. ...Read More | |||
| Exam Works Schedules Work Comp Program | 03/02/2015 | ||
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| Exam Works is hosting a workers' compensation seminar focusing on medical issues in California on March 21 at the Marriott Renaissance Los Angeles Airport Hotel. The event will cover topics such as substantiality of medical evidence, accurate impairment ratings, and how to prepare for...Read More | |||
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Employer Must Pay for Cardiac Care Rendered to Worker with Chest Muscle Injury | 02/26/2015 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was liable for a worker's $19,655.91 hospital bill after he underwent extensive treatment for a heart attack, when all he had was a strained chest muscle. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Had Duty to Inform Carrier about Claim after Applying for renewed Coverage | 02/25/2015 | |
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| By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter) | |||
| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled that an employer did not have coverage for a worker's accident, w...Read More | |||
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Employers' Net Income Rises 57.8% in 2014 | 02/20/2015 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Employers Holdings, a Reno, Nevada-based national workers' compensation carrier, grew its net income 57.8% in 2014. ...Read More | |||
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Experts: PT Network Appears to be Inflating Bills Using Coding Modifier | 02/19/2015 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
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Employees Allege Pizza Parlor Misreported Payroll | 02/18/2015 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Former employees of a pizza parlor in Southern California allege they were paid off the books, claims that are not being investigated by local prosecutors, according to an ABC affiliate in Santa Barbara. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusive Remedy no Protection against Negligence Claim for False Positive on Drug Test | 02/17/2015 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
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| Employers Have No 3-Day Waiting Period for Claiming Wage Subsidies Worker on Light Duty | 02/13/2015 | ||
| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals ruled that the statutory three-day waiting period on a worker's ability to receive temporary total disability benefits after an injury does not affect an employer's ability to claim wage subsidies from the Department of Labor and Industries for the first th...Read More | |||
