Workers' Compensation News
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Employer's Investigation Justified Late Payments, Court Concludes
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01/28/2013
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State: IA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An injured worker is not entitled to penalties for late payment of benefits because the employer showed that it had good reason to still investigate the claim, the Iowa Court of Appeals concluded. Case: Podgorniak v. Asplundh Tree Expert Company, No. 2-943, 1/24/13, published. ...Read More
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Employer Didn't Rebut Statutory Presumption, 1st DCA Rules
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01/25/2013
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An employer failed to prove that a correctional officer's viral cardiomyopathy was not caused by her work, Florida's 1st District Court of Appeal ruled.Case: Orange County v. Wilder, No. 1D12-1401, 1/24/13, published.Facts: Lavonda Wilder, a corrections officer for Or...Read More
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Employers Say More Reforms Needed to Avoid Major Tax Increase
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01/24/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Other
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By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefEmployers in Washington state say reforms passed in 2011 aren’t doing enough to cut their workers’ compensation costs, and they’re going to face more than $1 billion in...Read More
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Employer Proved Worker's Toe had Fully Recovered, Court Rules
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01/24/2013
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State: PA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An employer was able to terminate benefits after proving that a claimant's injured toe had fully recovered, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania concluded.Case: Zegarra v. WCAB, No. 1499 C.D. 2012, 1/22/13, unpublished. Facts: Juan Zegarra broke his great right toe whil...Read More
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EK Health Appoints Assistant VP for Case Management
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01/24/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance
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EK Health Services announced Wednesday that it promoted Sherry Busbee to assistant vice president of case management.Busbee will be responsible for EK Health's Case Management Division. Among her duties are developing new case management services to meet industry and customer needs a...Read More
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Employees' Addresses Are Public Information, Appeals Court Rules
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01/23/2013
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State: TN | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Addresses of third-party contractors' employees are subject to disclosure under the Tennessee Public Records Act, the state's Court of Appeals concluded.The Tennessee Court of Appeals determined that the residential address of employees of third-party contractors who performed wo...Read More
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Employer Group Lists Desired Changes for Comp System
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01/22/2013
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State: WI | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Wisconsin Employers for Equitable Worker's Compensation has asked the Wisconsin Workers' Compensation Advisory Council to consider six changes to the state's workers' compensation law as part of the "agreed bill" the council plans to take to lawmakers later this year.The ...Read More
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Educational Assn. Holding Medical Seminar in Charleston Feb.
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01/22/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: SC | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Pain management will be the focus of the South Carolina Workers' Compensation Education Association's 34th Annual Medical Seminar, to be held Feb. 24-26 in Charleston."There are currently no programs to regulate or monitor prescribers nor is there a mechanism in place to require ...Read More
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Employers Hurt by High Court Rulings on Attorney-Client Privilege
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01/21/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Insurers and employers are worried about the potential fall-out from a pair of decisions out of the Montana and Texas Supreme Courts which hold that the attorney-client privilege does not extend to communications between a carrier's counsel and a third-party claims adjuster or a claimant...Read More
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Employers Plan Bills to Deny Benefits for Intoxication, Incarceration
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01/18/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: NM | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By Greg Jones, Western Bureau ChiefNew Mexico employers plan to introduce a measure during the legislative session that started Tuesday allowing them to deny benefits if a worker is intoxicated at the time of injury or wh...Read More
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