Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Had Nondiscriminatory Reason for Terminating Worker
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01/31/2013
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An employer defeated a pregnancy discrimination suit by showing that it had actually fired the plaintiff because she had coached a coworker on how to skip work, the 4th District Court of Appeal concluded. Case: Herrera v. CU Cooperative Systems, No. E052869, 1/29/13, unpublished....Read More
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EEOC Received Record Number of ADA Charges in 2012
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01/31/2013
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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received a record number of 26,379 disability discrimination charges against private employers during its most recent fiscal year and helped 6,554 people obtain a total of more than $103 million in benefits under the Americans with Disabilities Act....Read More
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Employer Entitled to Fee Award for Enforcing Settlement
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01/30/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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body {background: #FFF;}An employer who successfully sought enforcement of a provision in a settlement agreement for a longshoreman's workers' compensation and personal injury claims which barred him from ever seeking reemployment with a...Read More
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Employers Insurance Appoints Medical Director
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01/29/2013
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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 Insurance Co. announced on Monday that it has appointed Dr. Dwight L. Robertson as medical director.Robertson will oversee the clinical direction of medical services and clinical policies, procedures and programs. He will work closely with the claims leadership team in the mana...Read More
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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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