Workers' Compensation News
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Employers Holdings Net Income Down for 4Q and Full Year
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03/01/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Employers Holdings reported net income of $87.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2012, but most of that profit was related to a gain in reserves due to a loss-portfolio transfer that the carrier inherited when it transformed from Nevada's state-chartered carrier in 1999.Not accounti...Read More
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Employer Need Not Pay for Worker's Unauthorized Surgery
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03/01/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: TN | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Supreme Court of Tennessee's Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel overturned a trial judge's order compelling an employer to pay for a surgery that a worker obtained without the knowledge or consent of his employer. Case: Taylor v. Airgas ...Read More
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Experts Say CURES Funding best Hope for Controlling Opioid Abuse
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02/27/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefExperts say California's online drug-monitoring program is the best tool to control abuse of opioid prescriptions, but only about one in 10 medical providers and one in 20 pharmacies...Read More
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Employer Raised Triable Issue as to Cause of Worker's Fall
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02/21/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A property owner raised sufficient questions of fact as to how a worker came to fall from a ladder to survive summary judgment on the issue of liability.Case: Corchado v. 5030 Broadway Properties et al., No. 2012-03870, 02/20/2013, published....Read More
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Exclusive Remedy Barred Janitor's Wrongful Death Suit
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02/19/2013
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State: TN | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The exclusive remedy of workers' compensation barred a civil suit on behalf of a deceased janitor because the plaintiffs could not show that the employer actually intended to injure the janitor, according to a decision from the Tennessee Court of Appeals. Case: Rodgers v. GCA Service...Read More
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Elderly Employee's Fall Justified 80% PPD Award, Court Rules
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02/19/2013
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State: IA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An elderly employee's work-related fall off a flatbed truck combined with her limited education and work restrictions to justify an 80% permanent partial disability award, the Iowa Court of Appeals concluded. Case: Pella Corp. v. Winn, No. 2-1009/12-0592, 2/13/13, published....Read More
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Experts See Growth for Cat Bonds in Comp
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02/19/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Insurance analysts say more catastrophe bonds were issued in 2012 than any other year except 2007, and the ability to maintain growth will require moving into new markets such as workers’ compensation.A report on Artemis, a website that covers alternative risk transfer, cat bonds a...Read More
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Expert Testimony Not Needed to Link Accident to Injury
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02/13/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NC | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A North Carolina worker was not required to provide expert medical testimony to prove that an injury to her wrist was caused by a workplace accident witnessed by a colleague in which the worker's wrist audibly "popped" and caused her immediate pain. Case: Mc...Read More
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Employer Gets Offset for Disability Policy Contributions
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02/13/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: AR | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An Arkansas employer who paid the majority of the disability-policy premiums for its employee was entitled to an offset against the workers' compensation benefits owed to the employee in the amount of its contributions to the disability policy.Case: Brigman v. Ci...Read More
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