Workers' Compensation News
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Executives Appointed at AIG Property Casualty, EMEA Regions
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04/30/2013
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State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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American International Group has appointed Robert Schimek as president and chief executive officer of AIG Property Casualty’s Americas region. The insurer also tapped Nicholas Walsh to head the Europe, Middle East and Africa region on an interim basis, and Alexander Baugh to lead A...Read More
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Exclusive Remedy Bars Suit by Worker who Jumped out of Elevator
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04/25/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Exclusive remedy bars a civil suit filed by a handyman who jumped out of a stalled elevator and fell backwards down an elevator shaft, the 1st Department of the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division ruled.Case: Copeland Clifford et al. v. Plaza Housing Development Fund Co. et al., 98...Read More
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Equipment Rental Co. Cited after Worker's Death
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04/25/2013
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By: Greg Jones (Senior Editor)
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State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited a Hawaii company specializing in rental and repairs of heavy equipment for 15 violations following an investigation into the 2012 death of a worker.An employee of Hawthorne Pacific Corp. in Maui was fatally crushed by a crane on Oct...Read More
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Employment Commission Schedules 2013 Employer Conference
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04/23/2013
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State: VA | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Virginia Employment Commission has scheduled its 2013 Tidewater Employer Conference for April 30 at the Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront in Virginia Beach, Va.Conference sessions will focus on layoffs and company restructuring and on workers' compensation risk mitigation. The reg...Read More
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Employer Settles Disability Discrimination Suit for $50K
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04/19/2013
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State: MN | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Minnesota employer settled a disability discrimination suit with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for $50,000, the commission announced.Applied Vacuum Technology, of Waconia, Minn., settled a suit filed by the EEOC on Tuesday. The suit arose after Larry Kating, an emplo...Read More
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Employers Stall SB 1 in Final Stages, Cite Cost Concerns
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04/17/2013
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State: MO | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By John P. Kamin, ReporterMissouri business leaders have stalled a bill that was introduced to rescue the cash-starved Second Injury Fund late in the legislative process, citing concerns about how the bill's provision...Read More
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Employer Did Not Interfere with Brain-Damaged Worker's Care
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04/16/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: IA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An Iowa employer did not abandon the medical care for a brain-damaged worker, or wrongfully interfere with his treatment, by exercising its statutory right to select a treating doctor after the worker's treating neurologist retired, the Court of Appeals ruled. ...Read More
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Effective Health Systems Hires VP for Business Development
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04/15/2013
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Effective Health Systems Inc. has named Scott Hethcox as vice president for business development.Hethcox was most recently vice president of national sales with Viiad Systems. Prior to that, he was national sales director at Prime Health Services.In his new role, Hethcox will...Read More
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Employers Laud Tough Stand on Lien Fees, Claimants Want Discretion
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04/12/2013
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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 ChiefEmployers and attorneys who defend against liens say three decisions holding that the lien activation fee has to be paid before the conference is scheduled to start show that the Workers...Read More
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Employer's Liability for Installation of Lift Was Limited by Statute
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04/12/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: MN | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that the costs of making permanent structural changes to a paraplegic worker's home to accommodate a ceiling-mounted motorized lift system were not "medical expenses" for which there is no statutory cap on liability, but an "alteration or remodeling" for wh...Read More
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